EVENT: Talk on Serenity in the Garden: Simplicity, Sanctuary & Delight in the Garden - Mon 10/19 hosted by the Silver Spring

The Silver Spring Garden Club invites you to:

Serenity in the Garden: Simplicity, Sanctuary & Delight in the Garden

Why do some gardens make us feel so relaxed and refreshed? Professional landscape designer Jan Johnsen shares her passion for creating peaceful, enticing gardens and reveals the three features of a serene outdoor setting: simplicity, sanctuary, and delight. Drawing on her 40 years of experience in the design and horticulture professions, Jan illuminates the surprising role that layout, power of place, color, trees, and even rocks play in enhancing our well-being outdoors.

Jan Johnsen is a principal of the design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, NY. She is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden. For the last several years, Jan has written the popular garden blog, ‘Serenity in the Garden’ and Facebook page, ‘Serenity in the Garden blog’. A contributing editor for Garden Design Magazine, she was just awarded a 2014 Merit Award by the Association Professional Landscape Designers (APLD).

WHEN: Monday, October 19, 8:00pm
(Doors open at 7:30pm)

WHERE: Montgomery College
Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
Health Sciences Center Building
Room 122

DIRECTIONS: Please walk, bike, metro, bus, or carpool. IF you drive, please park on the 3rd level of the college’s King Street parking garage. Driving direction are online at:
http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/Department.aspx?id=30047

Please join us after the talk for REFRESHMENTS provided by the following Silver Spring Garden Club members: Sue Smith, Nadine Beers, and Kathy Jentz.

(This talk was rescheduled from February 2015, when the meeting was canceled due to the snow emergency closure of the college.)

This talk is FREE and open to the public.