Event Schedule

The Carmel-by-the-Sea Garden Club is hosting a day of shopping with two outstanding lectures, all in support of Carmel’s public gardens.  Proceeds from this event will be dedicated to the Founders Endowment Fund, created in 2007 to provide a permanent source of income to maintain Piccadilly Park, Harrison Memorial Library Garden and the North Del Mar Dunes native plant and dunes restoration. The first lecture of the day is by Matthew Benson, speaking about his new book A Photo Graphic Garden: Mastering the Art of Digital Garden Photography.  Click on the above ticket link to attend ONLY the Matthew Benson lecture, or go to the "Timeless Treasures Package" event page to purchase a package of tickets to attend both lectures (including the floral demonstration by noted designer Ron Morgan) at a reduced price. You can also visit the Carmel-by-the-Sea Garden Club online by clicking HERE for more information.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Shopping
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Estate Sale and Unique Potted Plants
Studio 105 (entrance on Mission Street)

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.    Boutique Shoppes in Carpenter Hall (entrance on Mission Street)

Lectures in the Theater
11:00 a.m.     New York Photographer Matthew Benson
Presents “A Photo Graphic Garden” $30
Book sale and signing to follow in Theater Lobby

1:30 p.m.    Exuberant Floral Designer Ron Morgan
Presents “Timeless Elegance” $40
Raffle of arrangements
Book sale and signing to follow in Theater Lobby
 

Lecture package (1 ticket per lecture) available for $60.

Matthew Benson: Biography
Matthew Benson's photography is in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography, New York, as well as numerous private and gallery collections. His work has been awarded both DESI and Society of Publication Designers Awards and appears regularly in magazines, books, catalogs and folios. He is on the National Speakers Tour for the Garden Clubs of America, and lectures widely on Garden and Landscape Photography.

Magazine clients include House & Garden, Traditional Home, Better Homes & Gardens, Conde Nast Traveler, Esquire, GQ, This Old House, The New York Times, Garden Design, Country Home, Country Living, Country Gardens, Saveur, Martha Stewart Everyday Food, Martha Stewart Everyday Baking.

Book contributions include the Garden Primer (Workman), Garden Style (Harper Collins), The Home Outside (Taunton), Saveur Cooks Everyday Italian (Harper Collins), The Garden Design Book of Gardens (Harper Collins), Small Space Gardens (Conran Octopus), Rodale: Perennials, Roses, Annuals (Rodale Press), Container Gardening (Sunset), Manspace (Taunton Press), In Season (Taunton Press, 2011),  Cook This Now (Hyperion, 2011), A Good Appetite (Hyperion, 2011)

He is a contributing editor and television spokesman for Rodale's Organic Gardening, and writes and photographs frequently on issues of sustainability, organics and food justice.  His latest book projects are Urban Farms (Abrams, 2012), and The Photo-Graphic Garden: Mastering the Art of Digital Garden Photography (Rodale, 2012).

Raised and educated in Europe, with a Masters Degree from Columbia University, he is a trans-Atlantic sailor and certified alpine ski instructor. Architecture, Design, and biodynamic organic farming are ongoing interests, as is the restoration of Stonegate Farm (http://www.stonegatefarmNY.org ), the 1860s Carpenter Gothic farm he shares with his wife Heidi, and children Daisy Marlena and Miles.

Matthew lives and works in both North America and Europe. You can visit his website at: www.matthewbenson.com