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Author of garden travel guides to speak about gardens of Gilded Age

Posted 4/11/24

Garden designer, and garden tourist Jana Milbocker will give a presentation on Gardens of the Gilded Age at Warwick Public Library on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. The Gilded Age is renowned for its …

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Author of garden travel guides to speak about gardens of Gilded Age

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Garden designer, and garden tourist Jana Milbocker will give a presentation on Gardens of the Gilded Age at Warwick Public Library on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m.

The Gilded Age is renowned for its ornate mansions with grand gardens built for the Roosevelts, Vanderbilts, and Carnegies. Milbocker will talk about the gardens at the Newport Mansions, Vanderbilt Estate, Vizcaya, Untermyer Gardens, and Nemours. Learn about their horticulture and design, and get travel tips to make a visit.

Milbocker is the owner of Enchanted Gardens, a Boston landscape design firm, and the author of three garden travel guides, “The Garden Tourist: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast,” “The Garden Tourist’s New England,” and “The Garden Tourist’s Florida.”

This event is co-sponsored by the Warwick Neck Garden Club and Warwick Public Library.

For more information, call (401) 739-5440, x9758. The Library is located at 600 Sandy Lane.

This event is free and open to all.

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