Living Well in Litchfield County, Connecticut

Books & Blooms ~ Country Gardens 2021
June 18 – 20, 2021

Books & Blooms ~ Country Gardens 2021

A Three-Day Event to Benefit The Cornwall Library

Friday, June 18, 5pm
Zoom talk ~ George Schoellkopf – Hollister House Garden: 40 Years in the Making
George Schoellkopf will talk about the creation and evolution of his garden which surrounds an 18th-century house and barns in Washington, Connecticut and was purchased by him in 1978. Inspired by such famous English gardens as Sissinghurst, Great Dixter, and Hidcote, the garden he has created has evolved into a uniquely American synthesis of formal structure and naturalistic planting. Terraced down a hill, it is laid out in a series of separate sections, or “rooms”, some of which are dramatically delineated by eight-foot-high yew hedges and brick walls. Considered to be one of the most beautiful gardens in the Northeast, Hollister House is now a nonprofit organization and open to the general public.

Saturday, June 19, 10am to 4pm
Tour of 4 Cornwall Gardens
John and Juliet Hubbard ~ Cornwall Village
Bart and Debby Jones ~ Cornwall Bridge
Roxana Laughlin ~ West Cornwall
Michael Trapp ~ West Cornwall

On Sale at The Cornwall Library:
New and out-of-print gardening books.
Delightful tea towels with the Books & Blooms signature design.
Cut flowers arranged and donated by members of the Cornwall Garden Club.

Sunday, June 20, 12pm to 4pm
Hollister House Garden Tour
Visit Hollister House Garden in Washington, Connecticut.

https://cornwalllibrary.org/books-blooms-2021/

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