Public Garden Design

Order Lynden's Book and Attend a Book Signing or Lecture

noreply@blogger.com (Public Garden Design) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Lynden's book Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape is available in bookstores or on line from Amazon (click here or go to amazon.com and type "Lynden Miller" in the search box).

Published by W.W. Norton & Co. with more than 250 color photographs, the book is an inspiring "how-to" guide on designing, maintaining, and funding high-quality, four-season plantings for public places. Lynden demonstrates that beautiful parks and gardens are essential urban oases with economic benefits and the power to transform the way people behave and feel about their cities.

Lynden will be signing books and/or speaking at these sites throughout the country:

Wednesday, February 17, 2010, in New York City:
Speech and book signing for New York Horticultural Society and NYASLA; click here for details and registration
Friday, March 5, 2010, in Northampton, MA:
Speech at Smith College Botanic Garden spring flower show, 7:30 pm (in 2010, click here and scroll down for more information)
Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Farmington, CT:
2 pm speech and book signing at the Farmington Library
Saturday, March 27, 2010, in Biloxi, MS:
Keynote speech at the ASLA Twin States Symposium; click here for details
Saturday, April 10, 2010, in Salisbury, CT:
Speech and art show of Lynden's paintings and collages, 5 pm book talk; 6 pm book signing and art reception; more information to follow
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, in Toronto:
Speech at the Toronto Botanic Garden, 7:30 pm, Floral Hall
Thursday, June 3, in Baltimore:
Speech and book signing at the Cylburn Arboretum

Watch Lynden on the Martha Stewart Show

noreply@blogger.com (Public Garden Design) — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:31:00 +0000

To watch a video of Lynden's appearance on the Martha Stewart Show on May 13th, click this link, then choose the "New York Parks" segment in the lower right of the screen. The show's theme is a celebration of New York City, and Lynden talks with Martha about the importance and benefits of beautiful public spaces. Other guests that day include Mayor Bloomberg and Ken Burns.

Links to Lynden's Speeches and Articles

noreply@blogger.com (Public Garden Design) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:28:00 +0000

Click here to read the NY Times book review of Lynden's new book Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape.

Click on the following links to read recent articles in Fine Gardening magazine on Lynden's approach to garden design, with pictures of her own garden in Sharon, CT:

"The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow," Fine Gardening
Building Better Borders: Use plant combinations that focus on complementary colors, textures, and forms (or to view as a pdf: FineGardening2.pdf)
"An Artful Composition": FineGardening1.pdf
Renovating the Ladies' Border at The New York Botanical Garden

Click here to view a video of Lynden's presentation "Greening the Urban Landscape" at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA, on May 6, 2008.

Article on Tupelo Garden Club speech, February 20th - 22nd, 2008, in The Tupelo Daily Journal: Tupelo%20Daily%20Journal0001.JPG

Press release, Colonial Williamsburg Garden Symposium on May 5, 2008, in Williamsburg, VA, on "Greening the Urban Landscape: Planting for People":
lbm%20press%20release.doc

NYTBR%20Parks%2C%20Plants%2C%20and%20People.pdf