Mercer County - Princeton - SEAL HARBOR, MAINE & BEYOND: THE ROCKEFELLER GARDENS

Grand Homes & Gardens Distinguished Speakers Series 2020

$25; $18 Friend of Morven; Series: $75; $50 Friend of Morven

Morven’s successful Grand Homes & Gardens Distinguished Speakers Series returns with another stellar lineup - this year, arm-chair traveling the Eastern seaboard from the Rockefellers estates in Maine to the Flagler in Florida.
Held in Morven's Stockton Education Center’s Gathering Space in February and March 2020, this illustrated lecture series brightens up the winter with its finale on the first day of spring. Light refreshments will be served 30 minutes prior to each talk and speakers will be available to sign books after.

SEAL HARBOR, MAINE & BEYOND: THE ROCKEFELLER GARDENS

Thursday, March 5, 6:30 p.m
Land & Garden Preserve Director of Farm & Gardens Cassie Banning
Take a peek inside the exclusive Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden and two other elegant gardens John D. Rockefeller Jr. funded: Asticou Azalea Garden and Thuya Garden, with Director Cassie Banning. Ms. Banning presents a fascinating program on the history and current evolution of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and the Eyrie, its 1oo-room house that was removed in 1962. The Rockefellers created this destination with limited access to the outside world after a trip to China in 1921, and echoes of that trip remain. The building and garden design by Beatrix Farrand took over 7 years to complete and the site has only recently allowed limited guest visits.The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy will be available for signing and purchase following the lecture.

Refreshments served 30 minutes prior to talk at each lecture. Doors to the Stockton Education Center adjacent to Morven Museum open at 6:00 p.m. Individual tickets are $25; $18 for Friends of Morven. Series tickets available: $75 for General Admission; $50 for Friends of Morven. To order tickets click here:

Additional information available at www.morven.org or email dlampertrudman@morven.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ. Morven Museum & Garden is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

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