2015 Lecture Videos

Available below are the videos from the Volunteer Continuing Education Program. Lectures are about an hour each. To access a video, select a link from below and enter “volunteer” for the password.

January 20, 2015: Marjorie Merriweather Post’s biography by Estella Chung (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)

January 22, 2015: Annual Volunteer Business Meeting

January 28, 2015: Marjorie Merriweather and staff at Hillwood by Estella Chung (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)

February 2, 2015: Hillwood’s Gardens, Then and Now by Brian Barr and Bill Johnson (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)

February 3, 2015: An Invitation to Chateau du Grand-Luce: Decorating a Great French Country Home by Timothy Corrigan

February 12, 2015: A Tradition of Change by Jim Fulsom

February 17, 2015: French parterre and the motor court by Jessica Bonilla (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)

February 19, 2015: Visions of Vizcaya: A Passion for the Past by Ian Simkins

February 23, 2015: Japanese-style garden and the vista terrace by Frances Vandenbroucke and Bill Johnson (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)

February 23, 2015: Surprise and Splendor volunteer education lecture by Wilfried Zeisler

February 26, 2015: Naumkeag by Lucinda A. Brockway

March 2, 2015: Rose Garden, Friendship Walk, Putting Green, and Lunar Lawn by Jessica Bonilla and Marshall Paquin (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)

March 14, 2015: A Day at Hillwood with the Smithsonian Associates: Hillwood’s Russian collection by Wilfried Zeisler

March 14, 2015: A Day at Hillwood with the Smithsonian Associates: Hillwood’s French collection by Liana Paredes

March 14, 2015: A Day at Hillwood with the Smithsonian Associates: Hillwood’s Gardens by Kate Markert

March 14, 2015: A Day at Hillwood with the Smithsonian Associates: Marjorie Merriweather Post by Estella Chung

March 17, 2015: Splendor and Surprise lecture and object study by Wilfried Zeisler with Liana Paredes

March 23, 2015: Cutting garden, greenhouse, orchids, and floral design by Drew Asbury and Jason Gedeik (part of the 2015 garden docent training program)