Beatrix Farrand will be discussed

Karen Smythe, executive director of the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association, will discuss the landscape designer’s work at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 6, at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson St.

Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959)

Farrand was known in the early 1900s for her advocacy of landscaping with native plants and creating complex flower beds. One of Farrand’s designs, at a garden in Hyde Park, was recently restored. Admission is $5 for members of the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, or $8 otherwise.

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