Talks at Vizcaya: Edith Wharton and the Villas of Rome
Wednesday, February 19 · 6 – 8 p.m. EST
Edith Wharton’s (1862-1937) career as a leading American fiction writer is well-known. But her unusual ability both to write and to observe puts her at the forefront of Italian garden critics as well; her book Italian Villas and their Gardens, first published in 1904, remains a scholarly resource on the subject to this day.
Join CeCe Haydock, a licensed New York landscape architect WBE, for an illustrated talk at Vizcaya’s Main House including slides of eight Roman villas described by Wharton in her influential book, and hear about the influence of the villas on Wharton’s own houses and her novels.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with complimentary wine. Talk starts promptly at 6:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $5; FREE for students and Vizcaya Members
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