John Forti, The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills

1A North Road,Chelmsford MA 01824

03 May, 2022

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The history of heirloom preservation, garden craft & homestead life ways that preserve arts and crafts and backyard environmentalism. John Forti is a nationally recognized lecturer, garden historian, ethnobotanist, and garden writer. He is Executive Director of Bedrock Gardens in Lee, N.H. Before taking on this new position, he was Director of Horticulture for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He served as the Curator/Director of Historic Landscapes at Strawberry Banke Museum and as Director of Horticulture at Plimoth Patuxet Museum where the gardens and seed program he created brought international attention to the preservation of Pilgrim and Wampanoag heirloom crops. He has won numerous awards for historic garden preservation, children’s garden design, herbal, and historical education, and the 2021 Award of Excellence from National Garden Clubs, one of the nation’s most-recognized nonprofits and largest volunteer gardening organization in the world.