Nancy Stallworth Thomas Horticulture Lecture
February 8, 2012 10:00 a.m.
Bagby Hall, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road
Open to the Public, Free of Charge
SPEAKER: Ms. Antonia Adezio, President, The Garden Conservancy
Once an aspiring classical pianist studying at Julliard, Antonia had what she calls “a change of heart” about her career in the early 80s. Rather than perform, she dedicated herself to improving the environment by working in management and fundraising consultation with numerous nonprofit groups. While on staff at the Wave Hill public garden in New York City in 1987, Antonia learned firsthand that a fine landscape is a priceless resource to be nurtured and shared.
There Antonia met Frank Cabot, a passionate gardener and philanthropist who she calls “a man of great ideas and enthusiasm.” Cabot told her as many as two-thirds of the country’s landmark gardens, which had been carefully tended for decades, sometimes over several generations, were already in ruin. Two years later, Cabot founded the nation’s first organization dedicated to protecting and preserving American gardens, and hired Antonia.
Antonia is currently a member of the board of directors of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California; Peckerwood Garden Foundation in Hempstead, Texas; Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, New York; and Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, New Jersey.
Since 1989, the Garden Conservancy has helped over 90 exceptional gardens across America survive and prosper. A select few become Preservation Projects of the Garden Conservancy, the signature program of the Preservation Projects department. Designation as a Garden Conservancy Preservation Project entails a long-term collaboration and commitment on both sides.
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