The Cushing Garden: A Closer Look

The Museum of Old Newbury preserves and interprets the history of “Old Newbury” including Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury from pre-settlement to the present. Founded in 1877, the Museum carries out its mission through the preservation and administration of the Cushing House, the Perkins Engraving Plant, and other historic structures on its High Street campus and furthers its purpose through lectures, exhibitions, educational programs, publications, and research.

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Cultural landscape designer, Lucinda A. Brockway, shares the history, restoration and evolution of the Museum's Cushing House Garden.

Lucinda A. Brockway is the Program Director for Cultural Resources at The Trustees of Reservations where she is responsible for 112 properties and 25,000 acres of Massachusetts cultural landscape. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Boston University, Brockway ran her own firm, Past Designs (Kennebunk ME) for twenty-five years before joining The Trustees. Her design work includes such well-known public projects as Fort Ticonderoga&#x27;s garrison grounds (Ticonderoga NY), Newport’s public and private Bellevue Avenue estates, and several projects for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is the author of two books, A Favorite Place of Resort for Strangers (Fort Ticonderoga 2001), and Gardens of the New Republic (May 2004). She serves on the Board of Governors of the Decorative Arts Trust, the Mount Auburn Visiting Council and serves as an instructor for the National Preservation Institute (Alexandria VA). Her work has been recognized by the Garden Club of America, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Preservation League of New York State, and the Massachusetts Historic Commission. This is a virtual event. Zoom link will be sent the day before.

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