Madoo: Winter Lectures — David Culp / Brandywine Cottage, 3.22 | Carl Hesselein / Pleasant Run Nursery, 3.29

The Winter Lectures at Madoo!

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Are you wondering what you will plant this spring? How do new plants make it to market? Join us for two illuminating talks at Madoo highlighting new plant introductions for 2026. Our speakers both run successful nurseries that have been bringing new plants to market for years. Whether developing varieties on their own or introducing varieties from elsewhere.

The lectures are at 12:00 PM and followed by a reception in the red living room. $35.00 per lecture.

Sunday, March 22nd – David Culp

David Culp is the creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Aside from the Galanthus Gala which he hosts every winter, Culp is a world renowned Hellebores expert, and has developed the Brandywine Hybrids™ hellebores variety, which originated in his garden.

He is the author of A Year At Brandywine Cottage: Six Seasons of Beauty, Bounty and Blooms and is an instructor at Longwood Gardens.

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Sunday, March 29th – Carl Hesselein

Carl Hesselein, President, Pleasant Run Nursery. Carl is a fifth generation nurseryman who took over from his parents in 2023. In 2022, Carl was named NJNLA Young Professional of the Year and in 2023, Pleasant Run was awarded Grower of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. New plant introductions and unusual containerized Woody Ornamentals, Vines, Perennials, Grasses, and Ferns are featured at Pleasant Run Nursery. Their focus is on native plants and hard-to-find solutions to site problems such as deer, shade and moist or dry sites.

This program is supported by Susan and David Rockefeller and Regina Scully for the Artemis Rising Foundation.

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The Madoo Conservancy

618 Sagg Main St

Sagaponack, NY 11962

madoo.org

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The Madoo Conservancy is dedicated to the study, preservation, and enhancement of Madoo, the ever changing, horticulturally diverse garden with historic structures established in 1967 by artist, gardener, and writer Robert Dash in the village of Sagaponack, New York. At Madoo, a unique living tribute to the artistic imagination of its founder, we seek to continually engage, educate, and inspire our visitors within this entirely organic environment. The Madoo Conservancy is a nonprofit 501(c)3 public charity.

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