CLF What's Out There - Chicago Area Garden Dialogues
June 09, 2012
2:00 PM CDT to 3:30 PM CDT
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Old Mill Farm, House of the Four Winds, City Garden in Lincoln Park
Lake Forest, Lake Forest, Chicago, IL
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Get exclusive access to private gardens in theChicago area and hear directly from the landscape architects and their patrons about the design process.
How do patrons and designers work together? What makes for a great, enduring collaboration? Garden Dialogues provides unique opportunities for small groups to visit some of today’s most beautiful gardens created by some of the most accomplished designers currently in practice.
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Saturday, June 9th, 2 to 4pm | Lake Forest Old Mill Farm, home of Frank Mariani Once a working dairy farm, this 10-acre property, originally designed by Jens Jensen, has been restored and enhanced with a wealth of fruits, flowers, native plants, and a magical woodland garden and prairie. |
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Sunday, June 10th, 2 to 3:30pm | Lake Forest House of the Four Winds This gracious estate, inspired by the gardens of the Alhambra, has been restored with flowing pools, exquisite formal plantings, garden rooms connected by lawn paths and a walled sunken garden. |
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Sunday, June 10th, 2 to 3:30pm | Chicago City Garden in Lincoln Park This elegant garden cleverly complements a modern Lincoln Park home. Birch trees, slabs of Eden Stone and iron gates and trellises match the home's powerful architecture. |
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