About the Speaker:

Eleanor Weller Reade, a native of Baltimore, grew up and still lives in the historic “My Lady’s Manor" in nearby Monkton. She is the principal at Charlotte’s Web interior design company, founder and chairman of The Archive of American Gardens, a joint project of The Garden Club of America and the Office of Horticulture at the Smithsonian Institution. This important archive consists of more than 30,000 slides maid from original prints, paintings, photographs, drawings, and plans of gardens in America. 

About the Great Homes and Gardens Lecture Series:

The winter chill of February means spring is not far behind. Gather inspiration and immerse yourself in the beauty of some of America’s most splendid gardens with this four-part lecture series.

Thursday, February 6: Longwood Gardens—100+ Years of Garden Splendor, by Colvin Randall

Wednesday, February 19: Winterthur: An American House and Garden, by Christopher Strand

Thursday, February 27: Doris Duke’s Shangri La, by Thomas Mellins

Rescheduled
Tuesday, March 4: The Golden Age of American Gardens, by Eleanor Weller Reade