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2025 Beatrix Farrand Society Journal

Dumbarton Oaks in 1922–1931: The Garden Under Construction, by Anatole Tchikine;
Duncan Candler Designs for Seal Harbor, by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.;
The Talented Mr. Att, by Witold Rybczynski;
Butler Parklands: Creating New Opportunities for Nature Based Recreation, by Charlie Howe;
Plant profile: Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) by Dr. Lois Berg Stack;
The Land Is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, A Review by Judith Tankard.

2024 Beatrix Farrand Society Journal

Beatrix Farrand at Dartington Hall, by Catherine Orme;
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens – A Collaboration between Designer and Client: Beatrix Farrand and Mildred Bliss, Transcribed by Anatole Tchikine;
Plant profile: Bearberry / Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), by Dr. Lois Berg Stack;
Frederic Church’s Mount Desert Idyll, Summer 1855, by Victoria Johnson;
Climate Effects on Heaths and Heathers at Garland Farm, Winter 2023-2024, by Mary Roper.

2023 Beatrix Farrand Society Journal

Beatrix Farrand: Campus Landscape Architect at Yale University, by Karyl Evans;
Plant profile: Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea; syn. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum), by Dr. Lois Berg Stack;
Maintaining
Princeton University’s Campus, by Devin J. Livi;
Garden as Art: Beatrix Farrand at Dumbarton Oaks (2022), Review by Judith B. Tankard;
The Wild Garden, Dumbarton Oaks Parks, by Liza Gilbert and Lindsey Milstein;
A Selection of Garden Archives Drawings by Beatrix Farrand and Digitized by Dumbarton Oaks, by Anatole Tchikine.

2022 Beatrix Farrand Society News

A Love Affair: Maine’s Native Plants and Butterflies, Moths and other Insects, by Andy Brand;
The Legacy of Beatrix Farrand Renewed, by Christian P. Sockel;
Plant Profile: Boxwood, by Stephanie Burnett;
Toward the On-Going Education of Landscape Gardeners, a review of Judith Tankard’s 2022 book, Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect, by Jennifer Jewell;
Max Farrand, Historian Extraordinaire, by Dr. Patrick Callaway;
Ferns for Art and for the Garden, by Alison C. Dibble, Ph.D.

2021 Beatrix Farrand Society News

Let’s Visit Some Gardens: On the Trail of Beatrix Farrand, by Judith B. Tankard;
An Important Absence: The Need for Restoration of an Iconic Garden, by Laurie Olin;
A Tribute to John R. Robinson, an Ardent Environmentalist, by Patricia Sullivan;
Pathway to Plants and Planting Design, by Patrick Cullina;
Plant Profile: White Cedar, Thuja occidentalis by Matthew Wallhead, Ph.D.;
Whom They Knew: Minnie, Beatrix, and Their Social Sphere, by Dr. Margaret A. Brucia.

2020 Beatrix Farrand Society News

Countess Mary Senni and the Irises at Garland Farm, by Margaret Brucia;
Beatrix Farrand’s Heaths and Heathers, by Jan McIntyre;
Maine’s Climate is Changing: How You Can Make a Difference, by Esperanza Stancioff, UMaine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant;
Keeping Up With The Jones: Beatrix Farrand and Edith Wharton, by CeCe Haydock;
Beatrix Farrand’s Masterpiece: Dumbarton Oaks, An Introduction to the 2020 Herbarium Exhibition at Garland Farm, by Dr. Lois Berg Stack;
A Fond Farewell to Tom McIntyre as He Retires, by Peggy Bowditch and Michaeleen Ward;
Plant Profile: Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) by Dr. Matthew Wallhead.

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