Unforgettable Gardens - Victoria Ocampo and her Sibling Gardens

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Unforgettable Gardens - Victoria Ocampo and her Sibling Gardens

This talk is the third in our series on Weds @ 6 presented in association with Historic Gardens Foundation, £5 each or all 4 for £16.

By The Gardens Trust

Date and time

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:00 - 11:30 PDT

Location

Online

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About this event

This series of four talks, organised by the Historic Gardens Foundation in partnership with The Gardens Trust, explores international examples of Unforgettable Gardens, seen through the eyes of their owners, managers, creators and restorers.

The Historic Gardens Foundation is an international not-for-profit organization, launched in 1995, which works to bring together lovers of historic parks and gardens across the world. Its magazine, Historic Gardens Review provides a portal for the views of both enthusiasts and professionals and is a strong voice in championing the cause of our global garden heritage.

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This ticket is for this individual session and costs £5, and you may purchase tickets for other individual sessions via the links below, or you may purchase a ticket for the entire course of 4 sessions at a cost of £16 via the link here. (Subscribers to Historic Gardens Review will be able to purchase a series ticket for £8.)

Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and again a few hours before the talk. A link to the recorded session (available for 1 week) will be sent shortly afterwards.

Due to a recent Apple decision to charge a 30% fee for paid online events unfortunately you may no longer be able to purchase this ticket from the Eventbrite iOS app. Please use a web browser on desktop or mobile to purchase or follow the link here

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Week 1. 5 October. Restoring Fehérvárcsurgó, a former family property in Hungary: Part of a series of 4 online lectures, £5 each or all 4 for £16.

Week 2. 12 October. Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens: Part of a series of 4 online lectures, £5 each or all 4 for £16.

Week 3. 19 October. Victoria Ocampo and her Sibling Gardens: Part of a series of 4 online lectures, £5 each or all 4 for £16.

Week 4. 26 October. Naumkeag’s Garden Preservation as a Fine Art: Part of a series of 4 online lectures, £5 each or all 4 for £16

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Week 3. 19 October: Victoria Ocampo and her Sibling Gardens: Testimonials of 20th Century Culture (Beccar and Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) with Sonia Berjman

Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979) was an outstanding patron of the arts, cultural manager, writer, editor, feminist avant la lettre, but also a garden lover. Her family belonged to the most traditional Argentinean upper social class and, during the 1930s, she inherited two properties located in the Buenos Aires Province: both had splendid gardens designed by her father. She maintained and renewed them for the rest of her life. These gardens welcomed the most prestigious writers, musicians, philosophers, intellectuals and cultural characters from all over the world and hosted their talks, ideas and projects. Victoria donated both properties – including the gardens, of course - to UNESCO; today one of them belongs to the Mar del Plata City Government. Both are historical landmarks.

Sonia Berjman is an Argentinian urban and landscape historian, now residing in Uruguay. She holds two PhDs (from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Université de la Sorbonne), is a former researcher at the Argentina National Council of Research and at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a former graduate professor at several Argentinean universities. She has a long-standing relationship with Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections (part of Harvard University). Among her numerous writings, she has published more than twenty books. Sonia is also a member of editorial boards for journals in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil and is an Honorary Member of the ICOMOS-IFLA Cultural Landscapes Scientific International Committee.

Image: Villa Ocampo from the upper terrace © Jorge Bayá Casal

www.soniaberjman.com

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