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Landscape design presentation at Skylands

| 19 Jan 2017 | 10:57
    Photos provided The Crabapple Vista is a glorious favorite for many visitors at the New Jersey State Botanical Garden. Originally planted in the 1920s, the half-mile-long double row of crabapple trees bloom splendidly each year down the center of the Great Lawn The two photos show them when they were first planted and today.
    Photos provided The Crabapple Vista is a glorious favorite for many visitors at the New Jersey State Botanical Garden. Originally planted in the 1920s, the half-mile-long double row of crabapple trees bloom splendidly each year down the center of the Great Lawn The two photos show them when they were first planted and today.
    Landscape design presentation at Skylands

RINGWOOD — Head Landscape Designer Rich Flynn will offer a presentation on "Landscape Design at Skylands: A Historical Perspective" on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m. in the Carriage House at the New Jersey State Botanical Garden in Ringwood. A $5 donation is requested.
Skylands, the New Jersey State Botanical Garden in Ringwood, is a unique botanical and architectural gem, a former country estate featuring elegantly landscaped grounds, historic buildings, and a vast collection of unusual plant species from around the world. What many people do not know is that Skylands is also home to New Jersey's only State Botanical Garden.
In 1922, Clarence McKenzie Lewis, an investment banker and trustee of the New York Botanical Garden, purchased the property from the estate of Francis Lynde Stetson, who founded Skylands in 1891. Over the next 30 years, Lewis built the existing Tudor-style 45-room Manor House and transformed Skylands into a botanical showplace.
Italian landscape designer Ferruccio Vitale (1875-1933), who developed his reputation through important civic commissions such as the National Mall and the National Gallery of Art, created the country-estate landscape of Skylands. Most of the trees now framing the house were planted by Lewis and his crew of over 60 gardeners (in peak seasons), including the magnificent copper beeches. Wanting to appeal to all of the senses, Lewis stressed symmetry, color, texture, form and fragrance in his gardens.
The New Jersey State Botanical Garden at Skylands is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day in winter; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. the rest of the year. Admission to the garden is always free, with a parking fee on summer weekends and holidays only.
NJBG/Skylands is located off Morris Road in Ringwood. For an event schedule, membership brochure, directions or more information, call 973-962-9534 or visit www.njbg.org.