National Building Museum
 

Urban Salon: A Secret Garden

Date:
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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Tour the Tregaron Estate’s historic gardens, a remarkable collaboration by renowned landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman and Charles Adams Platt, the leading architect of the American Country House movement. Talk with Tregaron Conservancy executive director Lynn Parseghian and landscape committee chair Tamara Belt about the restoration of the naturalistic woodland gardens and built elements that recapture Shipman's 1912 Beaux Arts design. Discover original and current landscape plans while enjoying refreshments and conversing with fellow explorers.

On-site + Conversation = Insight & Inspiration

Urban Salons illuminate the past, present, and future of the built environment in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The program consists of an interactive site visit led by knowledgeable guides, and a post-tour conversation with fellow explorers in a nearby cafe to share thoughts, insights, and questions about the site visit experience.

$15. Pre-registration required. Space is limited to 15 people.

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Online registration for this program closes at midnight the day before the program.

This salon is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts

Photo: Platt/Shipman-era stairway above Macomb Stream, 2016. Courtesy of Tregaron Conservancy.

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