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The Horticultural Society of New York
ANNUAL FALL LUNCHEON OCTOBER 25, 2011
WHEN: Tuesday,
October 25, 2011 Cocktails, Silent Auction & Book Signing
11:45 a.m. Luncheon 12:30 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers will sign copies of
her new book, Writing the Garden.
AWARDS: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, President of the Foundation
for Landscape Studies and author of her most recent new
book, Writing the Garden: A Literary Conversation Across Two
Centuries, will receive the prestigious Barbara A. Margolis
Award. The two recipients of The Horticultural Society of
New York’s Award of Excellence are Thomas Woltz and Ethne
Clarke. Thomas Woltz is the principal and co-owner of Nelson
Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. Mr. Woltz has led designs
of a broad range of public and private projects in the
United States and abroad, including The Peggy Guggenheim
Sculpture Garden in Venice, Italy. Ethne Clarke, Editor in
Chief, of Organic Gardening, is an internationally
recognized garden journalist, lecturer and author of a
number of best-selling books on practical gardening design
and landscape history.
WHO: Honorary Chairs: Sharon Casdin, Chris Giftos,
Mrs. James B. Gubelmann, Mrs. Niels W. Johnsen,
Mary S. Phipps, Elizabeth Scholtz
Event Chairs: CeCe Black, Marianne Engle, Andrea Henderson
Fahnestock, Kamie Lightburn, Janet Mavec, Frances Schultz,
Sheila Stephenson, Mary Van Pelt
Event Vice Chairs: Cetie Nippert Ames, Sharen Benenson,
T. Paige Betz, Suzette de Marigny Smith, Nina Griscom,
D. Brooke Harlow, Margo M. Langenberg, Ursula Lowerre, Mitzi
Perdue, Mrs. John R. Robinson, Elizabeth F. Stribling,
Barbara Tober
WHERE: The Metropolitan Club, One East 60th Street
TICKETS: Individual tickets from $300, and tables from
$3,000
CONTACT: Tickets and information Stephanie Chin
212-757-0915 X101 –
schin@thehort.org
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