On Thursday May 10th, 2012, Oehme van Sweden Principal Eric D. Groft accompanied Barbara Slifka to the New York City Ballet Spring Gala at Lincoln Center. Cocktails were served in the lobby and on the terrace, followed by a performance including the world premeire of Mes Oiseaux (choreographed by Ballet Master and Chief Peter Martins, with [...]
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OvS at the New York City Ballet Spring Gala
Posted in Partners, Special Events, tagged Barbara Slifka, Benjamin Millepied, Eric Groft, George Balanchine, Georges Bizet, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Mes Oiseaux, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, Nico Muhly, oehme van sweden, Peter Martins, Two Hearts on May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hamptons Gardens Celebrated at Book Release Party
Posted in Special Events, tagged Assouline, Barbara Slifka, Barnes Coy Architects, Charlie Marder, Eric Groft, gardening, Hamptons Cottages and Gardens, Hamptons Gardens, horticulture, Jack DeLashmet, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Madoo Conservancy, oehme van sweden, Random House, Randy Kemper, Sagaponack, Tony Ingao on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The latest tome of gardening, horticulture and design, Hamptons Gardens by Jack DeLashmet, was honored by a book release / cocktail party on Saturday, June 4th. The party, hosted by publisher Assouline and Hamptons Cottages and Gardens, took place in the garden featured in the book – the East Hampton home of Randy Kemper and [...]
New York Botanical Garden Azalea Garden Opening
Posted in Projects, tagged azalea, Barbara Slifka, Eric Groft, Frank Genese, Garden Design, Greenwich Academy Madrigal Singers, Jane Cooke, landscape architect, landscape architecture, New Azalea Garden, New York Botanical Garden, NYBG, oehme van sweden, ornamental shrub, OvS, perennial, rhododendron, Shavaun Towers, Sheila Brady, Todd Forrest, Towers Golde LLC, woodland on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Botanical Garden commemorated its 120th anniversary with the grand opening of the New Azalea Garden on May 7 and 8 with a festive ceremonial ribbon-cutting and preview of the New Azalea Garden. The 11-acre Garden features extensive perennial collections designed collaboratively by NYBG and Oehme, van Sweden & Associates and landscape architecture by Towers│Golde, LLC. This premier collection of the [...]
A Tribute to OvS Principal Eric Groft
Posted in Partners, tagged Barbara Slifka, East Hampton, Eric Groft, Garden Design, Guild Hall, Jim van Sweden, landscape architect, landscape architecture, oehme van sweden, Wolfgang Oehme on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this fall, Oehme van Sweden Principal Eric Groft had the pleasure of speaking at Guild Hall in East Hampton as part of the Garden as Art: Designers Choice talk and garden tour. For this event, Eric was honored to be introduced by longstanding client (and very good friend) Barbara Slifka. Barbara gave a truly [...]
A Visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Barbara Slifka, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Eric Groft, fall foliage, gardening, Gerry Moore, herb, horticulture, landscape, landscape architecture, maple, native plant, New York, oehme van sweden, Scot Medbury on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, October 27th Oehme, van Sweden Principal Eric Groft and long standing client Barbara Slifka were hosted to a lunch and tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden by President Scot Medbury and Dr. Gerry Moore, Director of Science. From its humble beginnings as an ash dump in the late 1800s, Brooklyn Botanic Garden has [...]
The Garden as Art
Posted in Projects, Special Events, tagged Amagansett, Barbara Slifka, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Dorian Fuhrman, East Hampton, Eric Groft, Garden as Art, Garden Design, Gary Fuhrman, Guild Hall, Hamptons, Hook Pond, landscape architecture, MaryJane Brocks, oehme van sweden, OvS, Rifkind, Scott Medbury on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday, August 28, Oehme van Sweden Principal Eric Groft participated in the “Garden as Art: Designers Choice” talk and tour in East Hampton, New York. The event, sponsored by Guild Hall in East Hampton, featured gardens selected by prominent East End garden designers. The Rifkind garden in Amagansett, designed by Mr. Groft for Oehme van Sweden, was one of six residential gardens showcased on the tour.
Annual Quail Hill Farm Dinner
Posted in Awards & Recognition, tagged Alec Baldwin, Barbara Slifka, Eric Groft, James van Sweden, oehme van sweden, Peconic Land Trust, Quail Hill Farm, Wolfgang Oehme on September 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend, OvS principal Eric Groft attended the Quail Hill Farm’s annual benefit dinner with Oehme van Sweden client Barbara Slifka.
The Nature Conservancy Honors Barbara Slifka
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Barbara Slifka, Beaches & Bays, Center for Conservation, Eric Groft, Jefferson Hughes, Kathryn Rayner, landscape, landscape architecture, Nature Conservancy, oehme van sweden, Slifka Center on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The threat of rain did not dampen spirits at the Nature Conservancy’s “Beaches & Bays” 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala at the Center for Conservation, held on Saturday, June 26th, 2010 in East Hampton, New York. The event benefited the Long Island Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, with Kathryn Rayner chairing the event and Chairman of the Board Jefferson Hughes hosting. The 2010 Gala Honoree was Barbara Slifka for extraordinary support of local and global conservation projects. Previous honorees and Chairpersons of this event over the last ten years were again recognized for their support and included Polly Bruckman, Gretchen and James Johnson, Barbara Hearst, Isabella Rosselini, and Dick Cavett.
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