2012 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 23, 2012: Annual Volunteer Business Meeting

January 24, 2012: A Morning of Horticulture

February 23, 2012: The Glamorous Age of Empress Elizabeth and Early Russian Porcelain by Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya

March 10, 2012: Classic Cattleyas by Arthur Chadwick

March 13, 2012: The Royal Fabergé Collection by Caroline de Guitaut

March 19, 2012: Garden Docent Spring Meeting

March 20, 2012: A Portrait of Victory: Scenes from Russia’s Napoleonic Wars by Andrew Nedd

March 27, 2012: The Stylish Empire: The Beauty of Russian Design in the Age of Napoleon by Scott Ruby

April 24, 2012: Napoleon and Russia by Dominic Lieven

May 10, 2012: The Italian Influence: On the American Garden in Washington DC and Beyond by Charles Birnbaum

June 26, 2012: Pret a Papier volunteer education lecture by Liana Paredes 

July 18, 2012: Russian Summer by Cathy Newman

August 20, 2012: Garden Docent Fall Meeting

October 24, 2012: Fortuny Interiors by Brian Coleman, Barry Dixon, and  Erik Kvalsvik