A 40th Anniversary Celebration! - Beatrix Potter Society

Invites you to join us for

A 40th Anniversary Celebration!

         Saturday, August 22, 2020
San Francisco School of Needlework and Design
          360 Post Street, Suite 604
       San Francisco, California 94108
            Tel: (415) 346-3800
     www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org

 For more about The Beatrix Potter Society, go to
         www.beatrixpottersociety.org
      A UK Registered Charity: CIO 1175188
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Featured Speaker
         We are honored to welcome two speakers!

Marta McDowell teaches landscape history and horticulture at
the New York Botanical Garden. Marta is the 2019 Recipient of
the Sarah Chapman Francis Medal (GCA) for inspiring
generations of readers and gardeners with her magnificent
portraits of literary figures and their gardens. Her many books
include Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life (2013) and Emily
Dickinson’s Gardening Life (2019). Her upcoming book will be
The Secret Garden (2022). The title of Marta’s talk will be:
               “But I like drawing flowers.”
     Floral Patterns in Beatrix Potter’s Art and Garden.

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Featured Speaker

Liz Hunter MacFarlane is Collections Manager for the
National Trust’s objects in the South Lakes area, which includes
the Beatrix Potter Collections at Hill Top – as well as at many of
Beatrix’s farms and cottages. She has worked for the Trust in
the Lake District for twenty years. Liz grew up in a suburb of
Manchester not far from Beatrix Potter’s “northern roots”.
Liz will talk about the Beatrix Potter textiles within the National
Trust Collection. The collection includes items made and
embellished by Beatrix and those she acquired and inherited.

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Event Schedule – Saturday, August 22, 2020
 9:30 a.m. – Registration with meet and greet
10:00 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m. – Featured Speaker, Marta McDowell
11:15 a.m. – Break with coffee
            Bring and Buy and Publications Table
11:30 a.m. – Featured Speaker, Liz Hunter MacFarlane
12:45 p.m. – Box Lunch, B&B, and Publications
 2:00 p.m. – Lucy’s Embroidery Project
 4:00 p.m. – Closing
             BPS News with Kathy

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Accommodation:

We have reserved a block of rooms at a Special Rate at the
Kensington Park Hotel in San Francisco. Please call them at
(415) 788-6400 and ask for Lindsay Landin. Tell her you are a
Member of The Beatrix Potter Society attending the meeting at
the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design on
Saturday, August 22, 2020. This will get you the Special Rate of
$278.30 (includes tax) for a single room, or $289.95 (includes
tax) for a double room. You will need to reserve for 2 nights –
August 21 and August 22, 2020. Valet Parking is available for an
additional $50.00 per night. This hotel is approximately 500 feet
from the event location at the school.
For other accommodation options, please visit the website for
the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design
             www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org
Select “Visit Us” on the website’s menu. There you will find a
list of hotels and parking garages in the Union Square area.

Note: After you register for the event, reserve your room(s) as
soon as possible, for San Francisco hotels book up quickly for
the summer months.

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A 40th Anniversary Celebration!

          San Francisco, California – Saturday, August 22, 2020
                      Event Registration Form
No. of Beatrix Potter Society Members: ______ X $125 = ______
No. of guests: ______ X $140 = ______
Note: Our event can only accommodate 50 people, so we will give priority to Beatrix
Potter Society Members. Please contact Dale Schafer to place the name(s) of non-
members and guests on the wait list. We will notify you by the middle of May 2020 if
we have space available.

Total amount enclosed: $ ________
Name(s): ________________________________________________________
           ________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
          ________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________           Tel: ______________________
Please make checks payable to The Beatrix Potter Society and mail this
form to: Dale Schafer, 925 Golden Prados Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Additional Questions? Please contact Dale Schafer.
Telephone: (909) 861-9046 or Email: mrqcam2@gmail.com
                  Registration and fees due by May 1, 2020.

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