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This lecture is part of NYBG's 25th Annual Winter Lecture Series
The Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve located in Seal Harbor, Maine is a place of serenity spanning across 1,400 acres of breathtaking natural lands and historic gardens adjacent to Acadia National Park.

Cassie Banning, Director of Farm & Gardens at the Preserve, oversees the horticultural standards across the Preserve's three gardens—Asticou Azalea Garden, Thuya Garden, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden—each of which is a unique work of art that reinforces a strong sense of place and contributes to the wonder of coastal Maine.

Banning will share a brief history of these three gardens and take us on a behind-the-scenes tour into the craft of the gardens as well as horticulture maintenance practices used to preserve their historic nature.

We offer Continuing Education credits (CEUS) for LA CES and APLD for successful completion of this lecture.

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Schedule:	Thursday, March 27, 2025
Times:	11:00am-12:00pm EDT
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Speaker:	Cassie Banning Cassie Banning Cassie Banning Cassie Banning is the Director of Farm & Gardens at the Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve in Seal Harbor, Maine. The Preserve offers serenity across 1,400 acres of astonishingly beautiful natural lands and three breathtaking historic pleasure gardens adjacent to Acadia National Park. Cassie oversees the high horticultural standards across the Preserve's gardens, each of which is a unique work of art that reinforces a strong sense of place and contributes to the wonder of coastal Maine. The crown jewel of the Preserve is the renowned Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, designed as a collaboration between Abby Rockefeller and Beatrix Farrand, and is among Farrand's most exceptional accomplishments. Cassie moved to Maine from the clay soils of Indiana, where she was the Horticulture Manager at Minnetrista, a history museum in East Central Indiana, for nine years. Cassie attended the New York Botanical Garden's School of Professional Horticulture and received her B.S. in Horticulture from Cornell University. Early in her career, Cassie interned at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in Fort Bragg, California and the Lyon Arboretum in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is a contributor to the book The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy.
Location:	NYBG, Ross Lecture Hall 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	253GAR801D

Cassie Banning ticket
Thursday, March 27, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm EDT
	Non-Member : $39.00 Member : $35.00	Ticket Quantity

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