![]() ![]() He recently led a £7.5 million reconstruction and extension of the site and gardens, creating new galleries of garden history and an education center and setting up Britain's first archive of garden design.Ĭhristopher is an historian of architecture and gardens. How do we preserve their spirit, so garden enthusiasts can continue to be inspired by the visions of their creators?Ībove is a documentary video of the full program (one hour, eight minutes long) below are four short video excerpts.Ĭhristopher Woodward has been director of the Garden Museum in London since 2007. ![]() Some of the questions they addressed were: As we endeavor to find ways to preserve gardens for future generations, we are faced with the reality that, because of their fragility, some gardens will vanish. The program was made possible by the Garden Conservancy's Coleman and Susan Burke Education Fund. Christopher Woodward, director of the Garden Museum in London, in conversation with James Brayton Hall, president and CEO of the Garden Conservancy, discussed the ways in which preservationists can use archives and literature, commissioned art and film-and the gift of plants-to capture the legacy of outstanding gardens. ![]() On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, the Garden Conservancy presented "The Memory of Gardens," at La.venue in New York City. ![]()
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