6/14/2023 0 Comments Beatrix farrand![]() He is an honorary member of the Danbury WWII Lost Squadron veteran’s organization and lives in Connecticut. His book about the evolution of helicopters, whose foreword was written by a son of Igor Sikorsky, is a listed reference source at the Smithsonian Institution. He retired from IBM corporate marketing communications and has published seven historical books and numerous articles for national and regional periodicals. ![]() He is a storied researcher who has brought historical stories back to life for over 15 years. John Cilio is a historical storyteller, author and a member of the Organization of American Historians and the Association for the Study of Connecticut History. Twelve of her gardens survive across the country and we’ll highlight the three surviving Connecticut gardens that have been restored. In this Ridgefield Library Zoom program, John Cilio will highlight how Beatrix prepared for her quest to be a landscape gardener, built a lucrative business and designed gardens as a beautiful canvas. Her garden designs beautified the homes and estates of clients across the country. To learn more about the work of Karyl Evans visit: KarylEvansProductions.Step back in time and learn how the first woman landscape architect created a business in 1895 that would rival any of her male contemporaries.īeatrix Farrand would create the campus landscapes for some of the most prestigious universities in the U.S. Karyl Evans’s documentary film work recently won the Zone Historical Preservation Award from the Garden Club of America. Karyl is on the National Speakers List for the Garden Club of America and is a Fellow at Yale University. Farrand, Beatrix Jones (18721959)One of the finest landscape architects of her time, internationally known for her knowledge of plants and her keen sense. Evans, owner of Karyl Evans Productions LLC in North Haven, Connecticut has produced more than 50 historical documentary projects over her 30 year career. Karyl Evans is a six-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Even after recently completing my film, I continue to research and photograph Beatrix Farrand designed gardens as well as interview scholars, gardeners, and Farrand enthusiasts for future projects. With a degree in horticulture/landscape architecture, I could see for myself the sophistication and timelessness of her work and her vast knowledge of plants, but when I learned that she had a successful 50 year career including 200 commissions in the early 1900s – I decided I had to make a documentary about this pioneering woman. Over the past three years I have photographed Beatrix Farrand gardens from Maine to California, visiting her archives at the University of California, Berkeley, and interviewing scholars and head gardeners who know her work intimately. ![]() ![]() After hearing author and landscape architect Diane Balmori speak at my garden club about Beatrix Farrand’s design work and then after visiting several of Farrand’s extant gardens – I was on a mission to give voice to this innovative landscape gardener. I am compelled to share the impressive career of landscape architect Beatrix Farrand with as many people as possible. Current photographs and footage of more than 50 Farrand-related sites along with archival images from the Beatrix Farrand Archives at the University of California Berkeley are woven together to bring to life Beatrix Farrand’s extraordinary story, reminding us why her awe-inspiring work is still relevant to this day.īeatrix Farrand is an inspiration. The narrative is recounted through interviews with Farrand scholar Diana Balmori, landscape historian Judith Tankard, and landscape architect Shavaun Towers. the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden Garland Farm in Bar Harbor, Maine the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Bar Harbor, Maine and her California gardens. The documentary takes viewers on an inspiring journey across the country as we explore her personal story and many of her most spectacular gardens, including Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. This compelling film chronicles the life of Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959), the niece of Edith Wharton, who grew up in the privileged world of the East Coast elite and fought through the challenges of working in a male-dominated profession to design over 200 landscape commissions during her remarkable 50-year career. This is the first documentary ever produced about the life and gardens of Beatrix Farrand, the most successful female landscape architect in early 20th century America and one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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