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22 October 2009, Thursday
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Join us on October 22, 2009, for Art in Bloom at the Hood Museum of Art, the museum's first ever celebration of flowers and art! The day-long event will feature speakers Charlie Nardozzi, Senior Horticulturist for the National Gardening Association and radio and television personality, and Julie Moir Messervy, leading international landscape designer and celebrated author. Inspirational floral arrangements created by members of area garden clubs and based on the Hood's permanent collections will be on display throughout the day as well as numerous opportunities to peruse and bid on an exciting array of silent auction items. In the morning, participants are invited for coffee and pastries and an exploration of the museum galleries through an art adventure session. Charlie Nardozzi will present a featured lecture, and after a seasonally inspired luncheon catered by the Hanover Inn, guests will enjoy a lecture by Julie Moir Messervy. Both authors will be available for book signings. For a full schedule of events, please see below.
Morning Only: $45
Coffee/pastries, Charlie Nardozzi lecture, art adventure in the galleries
Full Day: $75
All of the above, lunch, Julie Moir Messervy lecture
Space is limited.
To register: call 603-646-2808 or email hoodmembership@dartmouth.edu
Make checks payable to Hood Museum of Art. Checks or cash only, please.
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Registration; coffee and pastries
8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Silent auction open for bidding
Top of the Hop (Second floor, Hopkins Center)
10:00 a.m. The Chelsea Flower Show and Gardens of England, Charlie Nardozzi
Book signing to follow in front of the museum shop.
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art, lower level
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Hood Museum of Art open for viewing of floral arrangements
Hood galleries (first and second floors)
11:15 a.m. Art adventures
Hood galleries (first and second floors)
12:00 p.m. Lunch catered by the Hanover Inn
1:00 p.m. Remarks by Brian Kennedy, Director, Hood Museum of Art, and Julia Field, Honorary Event Chair, Art in Bloom
Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
1:15 p.m. By Bach: The Music Garden, Julie Moir Messervy
Book signing to follow.
Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
3:00 p.m. Auction bidding closes
Top of the Hop (second floor, Hopkins Center)
Charlie Nardozzi has worked for more than twenty years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, and the printed page. He delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. His energy, exuberance, and love of the natural world also make Charlie an exciting public speaker and presenter. He presently is the senior horticulturist and spokesperson for the National Gardening Association (NGA). He also writes the Edible Landscaping newsletter and National News as part of NGA's on-line publications, conducts media interviews about gardening and NGA, and provides horticultural consultation to NGA programs.
For twelve years he was an editor with National Gardening magazine, writing stories on a variety of gardening topics from roses to tomatoes. He has written for national magazines such as Organic Gardening and contributed to many of the "Gardening for Dummies" titles, authoring Vegetable Gardening For Dummies in 1999 and 2009. He also contributed to other book projects such as 7 in 1 Gardening for Dummies (2003) and the Better Homes and Gardens' Yard and Garden Owner's Manual (Meredith Books, 2004).
Charlie's skills as a garden communicator extend beyond the printed page. In 2005, he was the host of PBS's "Garden Smart," reaching more than sixty million households. He has also been a gardening expert on many national syndicated television shows such as HGTV's "Today at Home" and "Way to Grow," Discovery Channel's "Home Matters," DIY's "Ask DIY," as well as appearing on QVC and the Home Shopping Network. At his home in Vermont, he co-hosts "In The Garden" tips on the local CBS affiliate television station (WCAX-Channel 3) and a weekly call-in radio show on WJOY-1230AM, and he is a commentator at Vermont Public Radio.
Click here to learn more about Charlie Nardozzi.
Julie Moir Messervy's vision for composing landscapes of beauty and meaning is furthering the evolution of landscape design and changing the way people think about, create, and enjoy their outdoor surroundings. With over three decades of experience, five books, and numerous high-profile lectures, Messervy has emerged as an innovative leader in landscape and garden design theory and practice.
Messervy's artistic process teaches both homeowners and design professionals to trust their innate creativity, encouraging an intuitive method for designing from the heart. With her inspirational approach and enthusiasm for original design, she offers techniques to transform one's home outside into a useful, enjoyable and personal environment, extending home outside beyond its walls.
In February 2009, the Taunton Press released Messervy's highly anticipated book, Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love. In 2006, Messervy partnered with architect Sarah Susanka to write Outside the Not So Big House. It is a consistent bestseller on Amazon.com and an invaluable guide to integrating home and landscape design. Messervy's first book, Contemplative Gardens, was named one of the ten best garden books of the year by the New York Times. Her second book, The Inward Garden, won the Garden Writers Association of America Gold Medal in 1996. Her third book, The Magic Land, was proclaimed a "delight" by Yo-Yo Ma and "a companion for inspired daydreaming" by the Boston Globe.
In 2007, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth presented Messervy with an honorary doctor of fine arts degree. Messervy is the honored recipient of the Association for Professional Landscape Designer's 2006 Award of Distinction. In 2005, she was awarded the Great American Gardeners Award for Landscape Design by the American Horticultural Society.
Messervy has lectured at distinguished venues such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Society and the Getty Museum. Her imaginative landscape design work has delighted clients including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Marshall Field's, Fidelity Investments, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and scores of residential clients.
Her design work and books have been featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, House & Garden, Body + Soul, Natural Home & Garden, Country Living Gardener, Elle Decor, Vogue, Garden Design, Landscape Architecture, and numerous other leading newspapers and magazines around the world. She was a regular contributor to Fine Gardening magazine and has appeared on WGBH's "Victory Garden" and public radio stations across the nation.
In 1999, Messervy completed the award-winning Toronto Music Garden, a collaboration with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the City of Toronto to create a three-acre public park based on the "First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello" by J. S. Bach. In 2005, the Toronto Music Garden received a Leonardo Da Vinci award for innovation and creativity.
Messervy studied landscape design with eminent Japanese garden master Kinsaku Nakane in Kyoto, Japan, first as a Henry Luce Scholar and then as a Japan Foundation Fellow. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College and master of architecture and master in city planning degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Messervy is the principal of Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio in Saxtons River, Vermont.
For more information, see Julie's blog or the studio's website. Photo by Randy O'Rourke.
This inaugural event at the Hood Museum of Art would not be possible without the time, energy, and devotion of the volunteers that comprise the Art in Bloom Committee.
Julia Fifield, Honorary Chair*
Beverly Wakely, Chair
Polly Allen, Graphics Designer
Ginia Allison
Marguerite Collier
Ann Davis
Judy Elliott
Kate Hewitt
Joyce Killebrew
Fran Sherely
*About Julia Fifield: Accorded with being the first honorary member of the Hood Museum of Art due to her long association with and support of the museum, Julia Fifield agreed to be the honorary chair of the 2009 Art in Bloom at the Hood Museum of Art. Julia has extensive gardening expertise and is an active member of the Garden Club of America. Some of her outstanding contributions to the Garden Club of American include serving as the National Committee Chairmen of several committees between 1971-1979, receiving a Horticultural Achievement Certificate in 1960 and again in 1973. Julia became an elected Member at Large of the Garden Club of America in 1981, and in 1989 was awarded the prestigious Achievement Medal. Julia is also a past president and honorary member of the Garden Club of Buzzards Bay and an honorary member of the Hanover Garden Club.
