“City of Glass” at the Lumen Winter Gallery

This spring NRCA will bring an original exhibit to the lumen Winter Gallery at the New Rochelle Public Library: “City of Glass.” Curated by  NRCA Board members Barbara Davis and Andi Stix, this richly illustrated exhibit will trace the history of the nationally-renowned Rose Hill Nursery that bloomed in New Rochelle in the early part of the 20th century. Henry Siebrecht’s Rose Hill Nurseries stretched for acres, from North Avenue to the Hutchinson River, with rows and rows of greenhouses, arboretums and lush beds of flowers. The “City of Glass,” as it has been called, lured Manhattan socialites and celebrities, and it furnished home landscapes in the premier suburb that was New Rochelle.