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French Intern Begins Historic Landscape Project at Drayton Hall
French Heritage Society Intern to Begin Historic Landscape Project at Drayton Hall
Charleston, South Carolina, May 22, 2012 — 2012 marks the third year that Drayton Hall will participate in a cultural exchange program sponsored by the French Heritage Society. Joining Middleton Place and Magnolia Plantation and Gardens as host sites, Drayton Hall provides internship opportunities for horticulture students from the prestigious French National School of Architecture, the L’Ecole Nationale Superieure du Paysage Versaille or ENSP. This year’s intern is Margarita Valencia. After a position with an architectural firm in Paris, Ms. Valencia began her studies in country landscape architecture at the ENSP. From June 4th to the 24th, Ms. Valencia will focus on the terraced portion of Drayton Hall’s gardens that are adjacent to the river. She will work on a landscape overlay plan that will make the area more aesthetically pleasing while increasing interpretive opportunities.
Dr. Carter C. Hudgins, director of education and preservation at Drayton Hall, says, “The recent rediscovery of Drayton Hall's 18th-century terraces adds to a growing understanding of the organized nature of Drayton Hall's extensive gardens. Shaped through human labor and accentuated with both local and imported plantings, John Drayton's terraces were one of many features designed to please the senses and broadcast his connections to intellectual pursuits in botany and landscape design. Margarita's work will not only help to redefine the elaborate terraces, but will give such features prominence through the establishment of a planting plan that, once implemented, will return native trees, historic shrubs and their colors to one of early America's most significant estates.”
Since 1985, the French Heritage Society has sponsored this program for American and French college students to develop cultural exchanges in the field of historic preservation. Students benefit from hands-on practical experience in each other’s countries. Internships offer exceptional opportunities for students in the fields of architecture, cultural management, art history, preservation, and horticulture. French students serve as interns at FHS sponsored projects, museums, or cultural institutions in the United States, while their American counterparts work at French museums, châteaux, or historic buildings. In 2010, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens secured the first interns for the three Lowcountry historic sites, and all three sites have since reaped the benefits. For more information about the French Heritage Society program, go to: http://www.frenchheritagesociety.org/education/student-exchange-program
French Heritage Society Intern to Begin Historic Landscape Project at Drayton Hall
Charleston, South Carolina, May 22, 2012 — 2012 marks the third year that Drayton Hall will participate in a cultural exchange program sponsored by the French Heritage Society. Joining Middleton Place and Magnolia Plantation and Gardens as host sites, Drayton Hall provides internship opportunities for horticulture students from the prestigious French National School of Architecture, the L’Ecole Nationale Superieure du Paysage Versaille or ENSP. This year’s intern is Margarita Valencia. After a position with an architectural firm in Paris, Ms. Valencia began her studies in country landscape architecture at the ENSP. From June 4th to the 24th, Ms. Valencia will focus on the terraced portion of Drayton Hall’s gardens that are adjacent to the river. She will work on a landscape overlay plan that will make the area more aesthetically pleasing while increasing interpretive opportunities.
Dr. Carter C. Hudgins, director of education and preservation at Drayton Hall, says, “The recent rediscovery of Drayton Hall's 18th-century terraces adds to a growing understanding of the organized nature of Drayton Hall's extensive gardens. Shaped through human labor and accentuated with both local and imported plantings, John Drayton's terraces were one of many features designed to please the senses and broadcast his connections to intellectual pursuits in botany and landscape design. Margarita's work will not only help to redefine the elaborate terraces, but will give such features prominence through the establishment of a planting plan that, once implemented, will return native trees, historic shrubs and their colors to one of early America's most significant estates.”
Since 1985, the French Heritage Society has sponsored this program for American and French college students to develop cultural exchanges in the field of historic preservation. Students benefit from hands-on practical experience in each other’s countries. Internships offer exceptional opportunities for students in the fields of architecture, cultural management, art history, preservation, and horticulture. French students serve as interns at FHS sponsored projects, museums, or cultural institutions in the United States, while their American counterparts work at French museums, châteaux, or historic buildings. In 2010, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens secured the first interns for the three Lowcountry historic sites, and all three sites have since reaped the benefits. For more information about the French Heritage Society program, go to: http://www.frenchheritagesociety.org/education/student-exchange-program