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Gardens of the Gilded Age with Jana Milbocker

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Lecture

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Adults
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The Gilded Age is famous for its ornate mansions and grand gardens built by the Roosevelts, Vanderbilts, and Carnegies. Transport yourself to the Gilded Age with an armchair tour of the gardens at the Newport Mansions, Kykuit, Vanderbilt Estate, Vizcaya, Untermyer Gardens, Nemours and others with garden designer Jana Milbocker.

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About the Presenter

Jana Milbocker is a garden designer, speaker, and author. She combines horticulture, design, and travel tips to educate, inspire and delight both new and seasoned gardeners.

Jana loves to visit gardens and historic sites in the U.S. and abroad, and share her trips through her books, photos and blog. She published The Garden Tourist: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast in 2018, and The Garden Tourist's New England in 2020, and most recently, The Garden Tourist's Florida : A Guide To 80 Tropical Gardens In The Sunshine State in 2021. She has lectured at flower shows in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New York, and New Jersey, as well as a multitude of horticultural societies, garden clubs, and libraries in the Northeast.

She is owner of Enchanted Gardens, a landscape design firm in the Boston area. She is past president of the Holliston Garden Club, and active in the Garden Club Federation of Mass., Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and GardenComm International.

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