Bill Noble to Speak at Wave Hill's First Horticultural Lecture of the Year

From Wave Hill: Wave Hill’s 2017 Horticultural Lecture Series opens January 18 with garden designer Bill Noble speaking on the topic of Cornish colony gardens.

Attracted by the beauty of the upper Connecticut River Valley, some of the leading artists of the 19th century—sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, architect Charles Platt, landscape designer Ellen Shipman and more—created a new style of garden in Cornish, NH, looking to Italy for design inspiration and to New England for honest materials and hardy plants. Garden designer Bill Noble has worked to revive and restore a number of these gardens and applied some of the lessons to his own garden in Norwich, VT.

An ongoing series hosted by the Friends of Horticulture Committee, Wave Hill’s horticultural lectures are devoted to landscape design and the meaning of our interactions with plants and the natural world. The series will continue on February 15 and March 15 with lectures by David Fried (founder of Elmore Roots Nursery) and Jack Straub (garden writer and co-founder of Hortulus Farm).

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What: Bill Noble: The Gardens of Cornish Colony, Where Classic Gardens Took Root in America

When: Wednesday, January 18, 6-7:30PM

Where: New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70 Street in Manhattan

Price:

• Become a Lecture Sponsor: $350 (includes 2 series tickets)
• Three-lecture Series: $60/$50 Wave Hill Member or Student
• Individual Tickets: $25/$20 Wave Hill Member or Student
• Purchase tickets online here.
• To become a Lecture Sponsor, call 718.549.3200 x216.

A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

Hours: Open year-round, Tuesday–Sunday and many major holidays. 9AM–4:30PM, Nov 1–Mar 14; 9AM–5:30PM, Mar 15–Oct 31.

Admission to the Grounds: $8 adults, $4 students and senior 65+, $2 children 6–18. Free Tuesdays and Saturdays until noon. Free to members, children under 6.

Directions: Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, the W. 242 St. stop on the #1 subway line, and to and from our free offsite parking lot. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Complete directions and shuttle van schedule at wavehill.org.

Photo of Bill Noble: Photo credit Roger Foley