2 lectures and one exhibit at Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in January, 2008

 We invite you to attend the evening lecture

 

“Gardens of the Jazz Age”

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

6  -  8 pm

PHS auditorium, 5^th floor

 

Get ready for the 2008 Flower Show, Jazz It Up! Spend an evening enjoying the gardens of an exciting and extravagant era in our history, between the end of the First World War and the 1929 stock market crash, known as the Jazz Age. Garden historian and educator Jenny Rose Carey will focus on gardens from different parts of the country that epitomize the soul of the Jazz Age. Using images from glass slides from the McLean Library collection, Jenny will discuss how the influence of a changing culture, including the musical innovations of Jazz and the changing socio-economic situation in America, influenced gardens. How did gardens differ across the country? What other cultural influences were having an impact on garden design? Did more people have access to gardening? How can we learn about old gardens, especially those of everyday people?

British-born Jenny Rose Carey designed her first garden at age 16 and has since designed many gardens on both sides of the Atlantic. The daughter of a botanist, she has degrees in biology, education, and horticulture and has taught in both England and the United States, including at the Barnes Foundation and Temple University. Jenny is currently director of the Landscape Arboretum at Temple University Ambler.

 

Fee: $10.00. To register, please call Carol Dutill, 215-988-8869.

 

 

New Exhibit in the McLean Library

"Gardens of the Jazz Age"

January 23 - March 31, 2008

 

Incorporating material from the McLean Library archives, this exhibit is inspired by the 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show theme, Jazz It Up!  and is an accompaniment to garden historian Jenny Rose Carey's lecture "Gardens of the Jazz Age" (January 23). The exhibit features images from glass lantern slides and other material related to gardens and gardening in Philadelphia between the first and second World Wars.

 

 

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: History of the Philadelphia Flower Show

Friday, January 25, Noon - 1 pm

PHS Auditorium

 

Janet Evans, McLean Library manager and library conservator Jude Robison will present a history of the Philadelphia Flower Show from its beginnings in 1829 to the present day. This illustrated lecture draws on material form the extensive archives of the McLean Library of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, including never-seen-before vintage Flower Show photographs and Show-related items.

 

While this lecture is free, we ask that you register by calling Carol Dutill, 215-988-8869 or  programreg@pennhort.org

 

 Please bring a lunch; we will provide beverages and snacks.

 

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

100 North 20^th Street, Philadelphia, PA  19103

 

 

Janet Evans
Library Manager, McLean Library
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
100 N. 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA  19103
Phone: 215-988-8779
Fax: 215-988-8783
email: jevans@pennhort.org
www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org