Author's Talk: Lynden Miller, Parks, Plants, and Peopl

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Subject: Author's Talk: Lynden Miller, "Parks, Plants, and Peopl

On Sunday, September 12, at 1:00 p.m., Lynden B. Miller, Director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park and one of the country’s most celebrated public landscape designers, will kick off the season with a talk about her new book Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape.

Mrs. Miller has been the featured in The Wall Street Journal, reviewed in The New York Times, and even made an appearance on The Martha Stewart Show. She will discuss the benefits of enhancing cities with well-planted gardens, parks and streets, and will sign personal copies of her book, available for purchase during the talk.

“It’s no exaggeration to call Lynden Miller the godmother of New York City’s public green spaces. This book is a ‘must-read’ because not only does it gives practical advice...but it also clearly demonstrates the healing power of nature and the economic boon to the welfare of cities.”—Bette Midler

Reservations (recommended): Contact Brian Sahd, Executive Director, Friends of The Woodlawn Cemetery, (718) 920-1470, [email protected]

Cost: $10 per person, $5 for seniors and students, children under 6 are free

Location: Woolworth Chapel, just inside the Jerome Avenue entrance (near Bainbridge Avenue, across the street from the last stop on the #4 train), The Woodlawn Cemetery, Webster Avenue and E. 233rd St., Bronx, NY 10470

Directions: The Woodlawn Cemetery is the last stop on the IRT #4 train. The cemetery is also accessible from the Metro North Railroad Harlem Line (Woodlawn Station). For those traveling by car, Woodlawn can be reached from the E. 233rd St. exit off the Major Deegan (#13) and the Bronx River Parkway (#10).

About the Author:

Lynden B. Miller is a public garden designer in New York City and the Director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park, which she rescued and restored beginning in l982. Based on her belief that good public open spaces can change city life, she has designed many other gardens and parks in all five boroughs since that time.

Her work in New York City includes gardens for Bryant Park, The New York Botanical Garden, Wagner Park in Battery Park City, Madison Square Park, and, most recently, the British Garden in Hanover Square. She has designed landscape improvements to the campuses at Columbia, Stony Brook on Long Island, Princeton, and Hunter College and plantings for the garden at the Museum of Modern Art. She is part of a team designing landscape and gardens for the United States Supreme Court, and her new garden for the Hudson River Park Trust opened to the public in Spring 2010. She is presently reinvigorating the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park.

Mrs. Miller was trained as a painter and studied horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden before beginning her public career. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Central Park Conservancy, New Yorkers for Parks, and the New York Botanical Garden.

In October 1999, Smith College honored Mrs. Miller, describing her as one “who uses the beauty and enchantment of public gardens to instill new pride in communities and change the personal and public experience of urban life.”