JUDGING LANDSCAPE DISPLAY GARDENS
Every landscaped garden is rigorously judged by experts drawn
from the fields of horticulture and design around the world. Judging
takes place on Tuesday afternoon, February 2, the day before
the Garden Show opens to the public. For the 2010 Garden Show the esteemed
judges, who also present free lectures in the Seminar program, are:
 Fergus Garrett – 2010 Show Judge – Head Gardener at Great Dixter, London
Fergus Garrett has been head gardener at Great Dixter House and Gardens, working with Britain’s greatest horticulturist Christopher Lloyd for fifteen years. Since Christo’s passing in 2006 he now carries on Christo’s legacy. Fergus's fascination with "tropical" planting dates back many years to the time he spent working as a gardener for an American family on the Cap d'Antibes, where the frost-free climate lends itself to the cultivation of tropical plants. When he returned to England to work as head gardener for Great Dixter, Fergus was still fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by the use of tropical plants. And he was immediately presented with an opportunity to discover what might work in the colder British climate. The style of dynamic and innovative plantsmanship that Christo has championed, combined with the partnership that Christo and Fergus developed, means that the garden is now widely recognized as being one of the most important in the world.Website: www.greatdixter.co.uk
Great Dixter: Past, Present & Future
100 Years of Influential Garden Design
Wednesday, February 3 at 10:00 am in the Rainier Room
The Long Border at Great Dixter
Telling the Story with Color & Drama
Thursday, February 4 at 1:00 pm in the Rainier Room
Extending the Seasons at Great Dixter
Succession Planting for Maximum Impact
Friday, February 5 at 12:45 pm in the Rainier Room
 Roger Swain – 2010 Show Judge – Author, gardener & former host of ‘The Victory Garden’
Roger Swain, “the man with the red suspenders,” is recognized by millions as host of ‘The Victory Garden,’ television’s longest-running gardening show. For fifteen years Roger planted, pruned, harvested and chatted with PBS viewers across the country. More recently, he co-hosted ‘People, Places and Plants’ on HGTV, a show which celebrates New England gardens and gardeners, and features Roger’s commentary, “Food for Thought.” Biologist, gardener, writer and storyteller, Roger Swain was born and raised outside Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College, and went on to earn a Ph.D., studying the behavior in ants in tropical rain forests, before becoming Science Editor of Horticulture magazine. Since 1978 readers have been enjoying Roger’s essays and articles in that magazine, as well as his five books: Earthly Pleasures, Field Days, The Practical Gardener, Saving Graces, and Groundwork. When he is not editing, writing, filming, or meeting with gardeners across the country, Roger can be found at work in the orchard and gardens of his New Hampshire farm. Roger Swain received the American Horticultural Society Award for Writing in 1992, and in 1996 he was awarded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Gold Medal for his “power to inspire others.”
Planting Villages
How Gardens Make Good Neighbors
Wednesday, February 3 at 1:00 pm in the Rainier Room
Saturday, February 6 at 10:00 am in the Rainier Room
A Once and Future Ideal Garden Staple
Returning Fruit to the American Landscape
Thursday, February 4 at 10:00 am in the Rainier Room
 Andrea Cochran – 2010 Show Judge – Principle, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
Andrea Cochran has been practicing landscape architecture in the San Francisco Bay area for over twenty-five years. She graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and worked on the East Coast and in Europe before moving to California in 1981. After working in collaborative partnerships for over ten years, she established Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture in 1998. Across a diverse range of project type and scale, Cochran’s work is distinguished by its careful awareness of site, climate and the existing environment. She instills all of her work, from small-scale residential to large-scale institutional, with an intimacy and attention to detail that transcends the project boundaries and resonates in the larger design community. She served as a commissioner on the civic design committee of the San Francisco Arts Commission and on the executive board for the Architecture and Design Forum at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Cochran was a finalist in Landscape Architecture for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards in 2006 and 2009. A monograph of her work was published by Princeton Architectural Press in May of this year. Website: www.acochran.com
Modernist Gardens & Minimalist Art
Influences of Art on Contemporary Landscapes
Wednesday, February 3 at 11:30 am in the Rainier Room
Exercise in Restraint
Texture, Light & Movement in Modern Landscape Design
Thursday, February 4 at 11:30 am in the Rainier Room |