Illustration: Vegetated Bioswale at Cornell Plantations, Cornell University. Wolf Lighthall  Landscape Architecture.

NELDHA's Annual Dinner will be held on June 14, 2013 at MIT Endicott House in Dedham Massachusetts, starting at 5:30 p.m. Our keynote speaker will be Toby Wolf, founder of Wolf Lighthall, a Boston based landscape architure firm. He has designed landscapes at Phillips Exeter Academy, the Prudential Center, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and the New England Aquarium, and his bioswale at Cornell University recently won the Honor Award of the Society of College and University Planners. Wolf Lighthall is currently guiding the rejuvenation of the Boylston Street edge at Boston’s Public Garden. NELDHA member Amy Murphy will present an exhibition of her photography and you will have the opportunity to bid on items at the Silent Auction.

This event is always enjoyable and presents an opportunity to take a break from the frenzy of landscape businesses in early spring, reconnect with colleagues and dine on a sumptuous buffet. All are welcome to attend. To register for the event download the attached form and send it no later than June 7, 2013.  Annual Dinner Invite 2013.pdf

Thomas Mickey's new book America's Romance with the English Garden has just been published by the Ohio University Press. The book examines the nursery industry in the United States and its influence on American Gardens. Thomas will be the featured speaker at NELDHA's Annual Tea in October 2013. Read his article in our new online edition of Perspectives under History.

NELDHA's PresNet and The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR) are happy to announce a Preservation Workshop at the TTOR's Naumkeag site in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Naumkeag, a National Historic Landmark, is undergoing a $2 million restoration of its iconic gardens. The program is on June 7, 2013 beginning at 9:30 a.m.