Please join us for
Wave Hill's Spring Lecture Luncheon
FLOWER POWERS
A Fresh Look at the Culture of Flowers
featuring
Brenna Estrada, Ngoc Minh Ngo, and Frances Palmer
in conversation with Stephen Orr
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
12:00PM Luncheon
program to follow
RSVP by March 5
Wave Hill 249th & Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY
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About Pansies: How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with Pansies and Violas
Brenna Estrada is an accomplished flower farmer who has built a dedicated following through the sharing of her extensive collection of pansies. Her exceptional selections have drawn the attention of growers and artists from all over the world. This is her first book.
About Roses in the Garden
Acclaimed photographer and writer Ngoc Minh Ngo showcases the queen of flowers in her latest book, through a curated list of preeminent gardens in England, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Japan as well as the United States. The beauty and extraordinary history of the rose dazzles on every page.
About Life with Flowers: Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden
Frances Palmer, celebrated potter, gardener, and photographer, once again inspires her readers with this beautiful follow-up to Life in the Studio. The book explores Frances's approach to growing and arranging flowers, and reveals the creative mind of an insatiably curious, highly skilled, and wildly generous talent.
About Stephen Orr
Stephen Orr is a distinguished book author and magazine editor who has helmed several of our favorite publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, and House & Garden. Currently, he writes a garden column for The Provincetown Independent and is working on a book of his garden essays and photographs.
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The John Nally Internship is a paid, hands-on apprenticeship designed to train the next generation of gardeners. Interns work closely with Wave Hill Gardeners, gaining invaluable experience through a variety of rigorous tasks and become skilled in sustainable approaches used to manage a public garden. Their curiosity, dedication and energy have become integral to our ongoing pursuit of garden excellence.
Friends of Horticulture
Susan Morgenthau and Sarina Vetterli, Co-Chairs
Louis Bauer
Tony Bielaczyc
Eleanor Briggs
Susan P. Burke
Lisa Cader
Page Dickey
Jane Garmey
Maggy Geiger
John Gwynne
Lu Hamlin
John Holm
Patricia Jonas
Tom Krizmanic
Fred Landman
Janet Mavec
Pepe Maynard
Ngoc Minh Ngo
Leslie Needham
Stephen Orr
Melissa Ozawa
Frances Palmer
Francis Schell
Lindsey Taylor
Beatrice Welch
Marco Polo Stufano, Director of Horticulture Emeritus
Cathy Deutsch, Director of Horticulture
Hillarie O'Toole, Horticulture Coordinator
Board of Directors
Ezra Borut, Chair
Ray B. Oladapo-Johnson, President & Executive Director
D. Bryce O'Brien II, Treasurer
Lisa Cader, Secretary
Robbie Oxnard Bent
Andrew Berman
Anne G. Fredericks
Cynthia Hanawalt
John D. Hannick
Susan Hinkson-Carling
Jeanne Jang
Maud Cabot Welch MacLean
Katie Michel
Priscilla A. Newman
Signe Nielsen
Grayson Rueckert
Pamela Fontaine Salvatore
Jennifer P. Speers
Janet Spitzer
Cecelia Traugh
Beatrice Welch
Audrey Zinman
HONORARY
Edward A. Ames
David O. Beimâ€
Harvey Beker
Anne P. Cabot
Frances Beinecke Elston
Sarah G. Gundâ€
Barbara Paul Robinson
William Dodge Rueckert
Cathy Marks Weinroth
EX-OFFICIO
Hon. Eric L. Adams
Hon. Vanessa L. Gibson
Hon. Laurie Cumbo
Hon. Susan M. Donoghue
Hon. Eric Dinowitz