Gardens of Remembrance: A Garden Guide
Wish you could identify that glorious tuft of pink or that spectacularly shaped purple flower? Now you can!
With our unique, award winning garden guide, you can now stroll the Gardens of Remembrance using renowned plantsman Piet Oudolf’s hand–drawn garden plans. Navigate your way along the Battery waterfront, from the Hemerocallis ‘Prairie Blue Eyes’ in Garden 1 all the way to Salvia verticallata ‘Purple Rain’ in Bed 18.
With this guidebook, the Conservancy has three goals: inspire the public with the environmental importance of perennials and native plants in gardening; present Oudolf’s 18 garden plans to assist you in creating your own; and create an index of the 114 species with picture identification information on moisture, sunlight and growing zones.
Each guidebook measures 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, the perfect size for carrying while strolling through the gardens. 44 vibrantly colored pages take the reader from Gardens 1 through 4 at the parks’ north entrance, past Castle Clinton National Monument, and along the promenade for gardens 5 through 18. Gate folds for individual gardens allow for crisper, larger detail in the presentation of Oudolf’s hand-drawn plans. Printed on 100% recyclable, water-resistant, tear–free and “tree–free” YUPO paper, the guidebook exemplifies the sustainable design of the Battery and its horticultural master plan.
Guide Books are $20, plus $5 shipping.
Checks can be made payable to: The Battery Conservancy. Please send to the attention of:
Katherine Cannella
Executive Assistant to the President
The Battery Conservancy
One New York Plaza, Concourse
New York, NY 10004
To order, or for more information, Contact Katherine Cannella at (212)344-3491 x. 14 or by e–mail at kcannella@thebattery.org
Garden Guide Wins 2007 Wally Award
A distinguished panel of five judges has selected the Battery Conservancy’s Gardens of Remembrance: A Garden Guide as one of three designs for top honors in Yupo Corporation America’s fifth annual ‘Wally Awards’. The three Wally Award winners were chosen from over 120 submissions of projects created on YUPO ranging from brochures, labels and menus to posters, maps and watercolor paintings. The winners include a menu cover, brochure, and guidebook which best showcased the unique attributes of YUPO® synthetic paper and exemplified creativity, originality, and functionality.
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