Save the date!! On May 4, the Garden Conservancy will premiere a new documentary film, “Earth, I Thank You,” celebrating the life and legacy of Harlem Renaissance poet and civil rights advocate Anne Spencer - and exploring her beloved garden, which lives on as a vibrant cultural landmark.

The premiere takes place at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, beginning at 4:30pm, with a panel featuring:

Brent Leggs, Executive Director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund at the National Trust for Historic Preservation;

Kevin Young, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture;

Shaun Spencer-Hester, Executive Director of the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum in Lynchburg, VA;

David and Michael Udris, filmmakers;

James Brayton Hall, President & CEO of the Garden Conservancy;

and Dr. Carlyn Ferrari, author, Spencer scholar and Assistant Professor of English at Seattle University.

Please stay tuned for details and registration information. The premiere is open to the public, but registration is required. We look forward to celebrating the story of a garden that was both a personal sanctuary and a cultural landscape, alive with poetry readings, music, and gatherings with luminaries and civil rights leaders including Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.