Beate Ankjaer-Jensen, Cultural Resource Manager at Gari Melchers Home and Studio, was appointed to the board of directors of the Southern Garden History Society at their recent annual meeting in Lexington, Kentucky. The Southern Garden History Society is an active membership organization that raises awareness and promotes scholarship of historic gardens, cultural landscapes and horticultural history across the South. www.southerngardenhistory.org
Ankjaer-Jensen presented a talk, “Restoring the Artist’s Garden,” at the annual meeting of the Heritage Rose Foundation held in Fredericksburg May 19-21. The Heritage Rose Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1986, devoted to the preservation of old roses. www.heritagerosefoundation.org
