PODCAST
THE HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE AT THE BOWNE HOUSE
In this series, our educators discuss the history of horticulture at the Bowne House, including its gardens and the Parsons Nursery in the nineteenth century.
*See below for Bowne/Parsons family tree.
EPISODE 1: The Quaker Cross Garden
EPISODE 2: The Parsons Nursery
Episode 1 & 2 Video Credits:
Audio and Transcript by David Silvernail & Emily Vieyra-Haley, Bowne House Educators
Slideshow by Elise Helmers, Executive Director
Video Editing by M. Alan Haley, Tech Support
Music Credits: Composer David Szesztay (Crowander). Creative Common License, Attribution-NonCommerical 4.0 International. No changes were made to this music.
EPISODE 3: Celebrating 175 Years of the Weeping Beech Tree
This podcast episode was originally broadcast at the Bowne House on October 15th, 2022, as part of “Rooted in Flushing: Celebrating 175 Years of the Weeping Beech Tree,” a community event hosted by the Queens Historical Society and the Bowne House Historical Society.
Episode 3 Video Credits:
Transcript by Emily Vieyra-Haley, Bowne House Educator
Audio by Emily Vieyra-Haley, Bowne House Educator & M. Alan Haley, Tech Support
Slideshow by Elise Helmers, Executive Director
Video Editing by M. Alan Haley, Tech Support
Music Credits: Composer David Szesztay (Crowander). Creative Common License, Attribution-NonCommerical 4.0 International. No changes were made to this music.
Further Reading:
“Celebrating Agnes Northrop, Flushing’s Tiffany Designer, Her Stained-Glass Windows at the Bowne Street Community Church in Flushing, Queens, and the Tiffany Girls,” by Ellen M. Spindler, Bowne House Collection Volunteer (2022)
“A Famous Nursery of Old Flushing: Some Personal Recollections of Miss Bertha R. Parsons,” The Flushing Garden Club, Inc. (1940)