'Gilded Age Gardens of the Hamptons, Part 3: East Hampton' Webinar

In the heyday of the American Gilded Age, America's wealthiest didn't just erect homes; they designed sprawling, Eden-like gardens that captured the essence of extravagance, splendor and spectacle. No where was this more visible than Southampton and East Hampton on Long Island's southern fork, where many of New York City's most prominent families escaped for the summer months. Besides the visual beauty, what tales do these fantastical gardens have to tell us? With the help of rare archival photos, post cards, and blueprints, it's time to unearth these mostly lost paradises and the history of these spectacular Long Island gardens.

Join New York Adventure Club for a three-part series on the most magnificent gardens of the Hamptons during the Gilded Age. In Part Three: East Hampton, we explore the sublime private paradises of this Hampton enclave.

Led by architect, historian, author Gary Lawrance — who has served on the boards of the Southampton Rose Society & The North Suffolk Garden Club — our virtual showcase on the gardens of these great estates will include:

• Grey Gardens: The East Hampton estate of famed horticulturalist Anna Gilman Hill that featured an elegant pastel flowered walled garden considered one of the area's most celebrated gardens
• The Dunes: The Oceanfront East Hampton estate of Frank Wiborg and his family, which included a terrace bedecked with large tubs of hydrangeas and an enclosed garden of colorful summer plants
• The Fens: The East Hampton estate of the Lorenzo Woodhouse family was more of a compound with a garden of rose covered lattices, arbors, fountain gardens connecting various houses and a Tudor Music Hall
• The Creeks: This East Hampton estate of artists, Albert & Adele Herter, overlooking Georgica Pond featured artistic and expressionist gardens with its swaths of vibrant colorful flowers set into random patterns and following little formality
• Views of select details and elements of other East Hampton gardens
• The relationships between the estate owners and their landscape/garden designers, along with other trades that all had to work together seamlessly — often in record time — to create a setting that had looked like it had existed for years
• Stories and discussions about how these gardens were living artworks

Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Gary — any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged!

Can't make it live? Don't worry, you'll have access to the full replay for one week after the entire series concludes!

See you there, virtually!

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Gilded Age Gardens of the Hamptons Series

Part 1: Southampton

Part 2: Southampton Continued

Part 3: East Hampton

About Gary

Architect, Author, and Historian Gary Lawrance is an architect from Stony Brook, New York. His firm, Lawrance Architectural Presentations, provides design presentations, architectural models, digital renderings, and design development services to architects, landscape architects and interior designers.

Mr. Lawrance has an extensive background in the history of Gilded Age architecture, landscapes, and society, and co-authored the bestselling book, “Houses of the Hamptons 1880-1930” with Anne Surchin (Acanthus Press 2007, Revised 3rd Printing 2013).

Mr. Lawrance’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, Newsday, New York Social Diary, Southampton Press, and more. Mr. Lawrance has written for Architectural Digest, Dan’s Papers, Quest magazine, and his two blogs, Mansions of the Gilded Age and Houses of the Hamptons in addition to founding and contributing to the two very successful Facebook groups, Mansions of the Gilded Age & The Gilded Age Society with over 160,000 members combined. Mr. Lawrance also manages two equally popular Instagram accounts, Mansions of the Gilded Age & The Gilded Age Society.

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