Ms. Deitz it is wonderful to be here. I was up early this morning, and therefore i had a lot of time to walk around. I am from new york, so being in washington is a tremendous pleasure. I woke up when the fountains were going and the trees were just getting that wonderful spring green. I really thought this is americas versailles. You know . This is our place. And it occurred to me that louis the 14th probably thought it was a really good big deal. What we are talking about is really a very big deal. Designing gardens for the president ial house. Here i was coming to speak, but it really came into amazing context for me. I was just kind of Walking Around and seeing it. When i was first called to moderate this panel, i said since i am a garden journalist, i said i have never talked about any garden that i have not seen. And i had no concept of what the east wing look like. Years ago i wrote about rose garden and he called me one day and said can you come right down and see it. It was gu
Up early this morning, and therefore i had a lot of time to walk around. So being inw york, washington is a tremendous pleasure. The fountains were going and the trees were just getting that wonderful spring green. I really thought this is americas versailles. You know . This is our place. That louisrred to me the 14th probably thought it was a really good big deal. What we are talking about is really a very big deal. Designing gardens for the president ial house. Speak, butcoming to it really came into amazing context for me. I was just kind of Walking Around and seeing it. When i was first called to moderate this panel, i said since i am a garden journalist, i said i have never talked about any garden that i have not seen. And i had no concept of what the east wing look like. Years ago i wrote about rose garden and he called me one day and said can you come right down and see it. It was guarded very carefully and i never got to see anything else. I said i would be happy to do ways i
This program was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the White House Historical association. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ms. Griffin i would like to introduce the panel that is entitled the legacy of Beatrix Farrand. The members, who are very close, will each give a short presentation on her work. The first will be paula deitz, who is editor of the hudson review. The second is judith tankard, author of Beatrix Farrand, private gardens, public landscape. The third is therese omalley, at the National Gallery of art. [applause] ms. Deitz it is wonderful to be here. I was up early this morning, and therefore i had a lot of time to walk around. I am from new york, so being in washington is a tremendous pleasure. I woke up when the fountains were going and the trees were just getting that wonderful spring green. I really thou
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