A classic villa on a landscape of pink and white tulips and green foliage

25th Annual
Winter Lecture Series

3 Thursdays: January 23, February 13, & March 27, 2025

11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Ross Hall

This year’s series brings together three illustrious garden practitioners—Bunny Williams, Jacqueline van der Kloet, and Cassie Banning—who have turned their passion for horticulture into diverse, thriving careers. They’ll share their philosophies, stories, and lessons learned along the way, inspiring us to explore the variety of ways we can cultivate a deeper appreciation for the environment.

CEUs available: LA CES and APLD

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A house garden of green topiaries and red flowers hemmed by a wooden fence

Life in the Garden: Bunny Williams

January 23; 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Ross Hall

Design legend Bunny Williams has made her name creating interiors with livable elegance, and nowhere is this more apparent than her own beloved country house in Connecticut in which she and her family have resided for over 35 years. From sunken and parterre landscaping to dedicated woodland and vegetable gardening areas, Williams has brought her impeccable eye to a series of gardens that extend across her verdant and ever evolving 22-acre property. Join Williams as she traces the various iterations of her garden and how they change through the seasons.

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A collection of tall red flower spikes and small white puffballs among green foliage

The Art of Planting Bulbs: Jacqueline van der Kloet

February 13; 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Ross Hall

Renowned naturalistic garden designer, Jacqueline van der Kloet, has mastered a casual, magical technique where bulbs emerge playfully among other plants, as if dancing freely among the perennials and grasses, creating a painterly scene. Van der Kloet has been commissioned to assist in the planting design of some of the most prestigious public gardens in the world—from Holland’s famous Keukenhof to the New York Botanical Garden’s Seasonal Walk. Get a peek inside Van der Kloet’s own garden, De Theetuin in Weesp (The Netherlands), which serves as a testing ground for her planting experiments and a place that feeds her lifelong addiction to spring flowering bulbs.

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A garden bordering a pond, full of pink azaleas and green foliage

Three Gardens on the Coast of Maine: Cassie Banning

March 27; 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Ross Hall

The Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve located in Seal Harbor, Maine is a place of serenity spanning across 1,400 acres of breathtaking natural lands and historic gardens adjacent to Acadia National Park. Cassie Banning, Director of Farm & Gardens at the Preserve, oversees the horticultural standards across the Preserve’s three gardens, each of which is a unique work of art that reinforces a strong sense of place and contributes to the wonder of coastal Maine. Banning will share a brief history of these three gardens and take us on a behind-the-scenes tour into the craft of the gardens as well as horticulture maintenance practices used to preserve their historic nature.

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