2023 Gardening for Life Series

Cultivate your love of gardening with host Janice Dill, curator of the Shirley G. Cross Historic Wildflower Garden at Green Briar Nature Center, by joining the 2023 Gardening for Life series. This popular series returns with experts in gardening and landscape design.

Four Sunday programs at 1pm.

Sunday, March 5th, In this PBS documentary, Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes, explore the remarkable life of America’s first female landscape architect. Following the film there will be a Q&A with Janice Dill.

Sunday, March 12th, Friends with Benefits: Helping Native Insect Pollinators in a Residential Landscape with Blake Dinius, Entomologist Extension Educator at County of Plymouth.

**Sunday, March 19th  ~  with filmmaker Karyl Evans

This special program will be held at the Cape Cinema, 35 Hope Lane Dennis, MA 02638.

The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand, a forty-minute documentary film by Karyl Evans,

six-time Emmy Award winning director, writer, editor, and producer of more than 100 historical documentaries over the past 30 years. The film takes viewers on an inspiring journey across the country exploring Farrand’s most spectacular gardens including Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Following the screening there will be a Q&A with Karyl Evans. (Weather date: March 26th)

Visit her website: www.karylevansproductions.com

Sunday, April 2nd, Ecological Land Design with Alex Kent of Kent Land Design in Wellfleet. As owner, creator, and manager of all design projects, Alex specializes in creating artful spaces that reflect local ecology, provide habitat, manage stormwater, and regenerate natural systems.

Visit his website: www.kentlanddesign.com