by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
Every year, LLI has provided a grant for students in the Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) program in New York City for expenses incurred during summer internships between their junior and senior years. This year, the four recipients, who each received $562.50, took full advantage of the opportunities the grant afforded them.
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By Gretchen Lytle
Introduction
Walking the Bard Arboretum provides rich experiences all year long. People investigate the historic and broad range of trees planted on the campus and the former estates, hike on trails through old-growth forests, check out the vegetables at the Bard Farm, and look for pollinators in fields and cultivated gardens around the campus.
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by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
On the northern edge of Bard’s campus lies a 1.24-acre farm that harvests more than 20,000 pounds of organic produce for the Bard community every year. Some of that produce is sold at its farm stand for reasonable prices. The stand is well worth a visit for anyone who relishes local foods.
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by Gretchen Lytle
Introduction
Blithewood Garden is a handsome, classical Italianate formal garden that overlooks the Hudson River with the Catskill Mountains as a backdrop. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Francis L. V. Hoppin designed both the current mansion and its formal garden set on the hillside,
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by L. Walker
Engaging with the Exhibition
On May 14, LLI hosted its fourth and final interactive art tour at the Hessel Museum. Designed to help members feel comfortable “talking about art,” the event brought together 34 attendees. Members broke into small groups to explore the Everything That Happens Will Happen Today exhibition,
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by Gretchen Lytle
Introduction
For a few years it seemed that Hudson Valley winters had become shorter and milder…until this winter season, to which we are bidding farewell, finally, we hope. The cold came early and lasted a long time. Snow also arrived promptly. Other winters we might welcome fresh snowfalls that whitened and brightened the landscape,
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by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
For years, LLI has provided financial help for students in the Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) in Manhattan for expenses incurred during summer internships. This year, four students in BHSEC’s New York City schools each received a $500 scholarship LLI grant. The thank you letters they wrote to President Robert Beaury show they took full advantage of the learning opportunities the grants afforded.
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by Gretchen Lytle
Introduction
Bard College has many walking paths and trails, around cultivated gardens and landscapes, as well as through woodlands and along waterways. Montgomery Place alone offers several areas for walking and is open daily from sunrise to sunset. If you park in the Visitor Center lot,
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by Gretchen Lytle
Introduction
It’s midsummer on the Bard campus and a good time for a shady walk. How about a return visit to the Bard cemetery for some peaceful time under the trees there. Walk north on the Main Campus up the pathway that runs between the Stevenson Library and the President’s House.
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by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
On the northern edge of Bard’s campus lies a 1.24-acre farm that harvests more than 20,000 pounds of organic produce for the Bard community every year. Some of that produce is sold at their farm stand for reasonable prices. The stand is well worth a visit for anyone who relishes local foods.
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