RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH
Invites you to its meeting, October 9, 2024, at 11 am at
First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT.
The program will also be shown on Zoom: https://bit.ly/30IBj21
Laura Palmer
“"Innisfree: An American Garden"”
Join executive director Laura Palmer for a virtual tour of Innisfree Garden, a powerful icon of mid-twentieth- century design now recognized as one of the world's ten best gardens and listed at the highest level—exceptional national significance—on the National Register of Historic Places. In a story that reads like the Great American Novel, Palmer will describe the people and ideas that shaped this living landmark, which is maintained by a remarkably small staff. Listeners will find inspiration for their own garden by exploring Innisfree's timeless design strategies and nature-based maintenance practices.
Innisfree Garden is a 185-acre work of art designed over decades and nestled within a natural bowl that wraps around 40-acre Tyrrel Lake. The garden has a private, intimate feel. More than 20,000 visitors each year explore this quintessential American stroll garden, located in Millbrook, New York, just 90 miles north of New York City www.innisfreegarden.org
Laura Palmer joined Innisfree in 2021 as its executive director. Before that, she was the executive director of the Berkshire International Film Festival. She spent most of her career at the Garden Conservancy as Vice President of Special Projects where she worked with hundreds of volunteers around the country to launch Open Days in 1995. Under her leadership, the program welcomed more than a million visitors into thousands of private gardens in 41 states around the country.
Before joining the Garden Conservancy, Palmer worked for several nonprofits, including the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and The Event Company in Boulder, Colorado. Palmer is an enthusiastic gardener, a volunteer EMT, and a search and rescue trainee with her German Shepherd dog, Eva.
Our next speaker, on October 16, will be David Hunt, retired CIA officer, on “Intelligence Threats to the US, from the French to the Chinese and More, Plus Anecdotes from a 32 Year Career.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. Programs are at the First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich. For additional information see www.greenwichrma.org.
