Program Description
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We welcome esteemed landscape architect Cece Haydock, who will introduce us to American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) and her influence on garden design.
Wharton’s prolific career as a fiction writer is well-known. But her unusual ability both to write and to observe puts her at the forefront of Italian garden critics as well. Her book Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904) remains a scholarly resource on the subject today.
Haydock promises to spotlight Wharton and the eight Roman villas and gardens that she described in her influential book. During her colorfully illustrated presentation, Haydock will also tackle the influence of these villas on Wharton's own houses and novels.
This program is hosted by the Talbot County Garden Club in collaboration with the Talbot County Free Library. Event is free and open to the public, no registration required.