Barbara Hobens Email & Phone Number

Hyde Park, New York, United States

Dutchess County (And Putnam County Before 1812)

published Garden Your City in 2005 - the definitive book on how-to and where-to garden for anyone who lives in an urban environment.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Http://Www.Blurb.Com/B/7395296-Most-Successful-Fraud-In-History-William-Shakespe

Yes, Shakespeare did NOT write the plays!Did you grow up thinking that the man from Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the plays and sonnets? So did Barbara Hobens until she studied his works in college then went to his hometown and researched his life story. It just didn't mesh!Barbara denounces William Shakespeare as the writer and offers convincing evidence that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford is the true author.Note: This book is based on a presentation written for a PechaKucha (TM) lecture she presented in 2014.Join the discussion on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IamanOxfordian

"You just transformed our place. The design and ideas you came up with, well - you were like a garden fairy." Actually, it was all about right plant, right place, and removing the overgrown to allow for what this client wanted. Yes, I interview my clients.

From Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden at Monticello (Sept., 2013 Heritage Harvest Festival) to The Philadelphia International Flower Show for 5 consecutive years, lectures include garden clubs, horticultural societies, garden coaching seminars, and garden events.Gardening with Bambi & Other VisitorsGreen Up Your Home & Town - Beauty & BenefitsGarden Your City: How-To & Where-ToBringing Genealogy, History and/or Travel Treasurers to Your Garden100 Ways to Jazz Up Your Garden----------------------------------------------For the 5th consecutive year.as an invited speaker, 2010's Philadelphia International Flower Show: Passport to the World, presented 12 Months of Wisdom - Anna B. Warner, America's Gardening Pioneer (from Constitution Island, between Cold Spring and West Point, NY)

Hyde Park, Ny

Graduated the NWF intensive course September 19, 2011.

The Woodland Landscape Council, including landscape professionals from across the country, was launched in 2007 to assist Manitoga in Garrison NY to explore and address the challenges of restoring Russel Wright's extensive native landscape design, including threats from hemlock blight and deer infestation.

Hyde Park, Ny

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first historian of Hyde Park. The local historian in New York State takes an oath of office and is a public official. They are appointed by and serve the Town Board. Thelocal historian is expected "to collect and preserve material relating to the history of the political subdivision for which he or she is appointed." The statute provides further that "such historian shallexamine into the condition, classification and safety from fire of the public records of the public offices" in the political subdivisions of the state "and shall call to the attention of the local authorities and the State Historian any material of local value which should be acquired for preservation." The local historian is expected to make an annual report to the local appointing authorities and to the state historian. Upon retirement or removal from office he or she is required to turn over to his or her successor "all materials gathered during his or her incumbency and all correspondence relating thereto."

Fishkill, Ny

"Every place you stand has history... There is history made by who once lived, passed through,fought and or died or maybe the history lies in the geology, myth, or mystery of a place."Vice President Barbara Hobens was born in Troy, raised in Demarest NJ, and graduated with a business degree from Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY. In 2006, she moved to Philipstown, in Putnam County, New York and has been actively involved in local issues. In January 2012, Ms. Hobens was voted to the FOFSD Board of Trustees and selected to serve as Vice President for a one year term.Barbara's rewarding professional career includes positions in publishing, personnel, and sales that led to a desktop publishing and resume business in Manhattan. She co-wrote The Clinton Community Garden Cookbook and authored Garden Your City (2005) and wrote Philipstown Gardens!, a Q. & A. gardening column. Her skills as a community activist were demostrated with Friends of Pier 84. She wrote grants, designed and installed the Concept Garden for the Hudson River Park Trust in 2006 and lobbied for legislation that created the Hudson River Park.A Founding member of Manitoga's Woodland Landscape Council, Barbara created "History Rode" to foster roadside beautification, and was commissioned to design the "World Garden" for the International Social Justice Commission (Salvation Army) in New York City. She was certified by the Quality Deer Management Association as a Deer Steward in 2010 and completed an intensive course as a National Wildlife Federation Habitat Steward Host in 2011.On a personal note, Barbara takes inspiration from one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. Her favorite places to visit include Bermuda and the Yorkshire Dales. "My passion and respect for the past sparks an urgency to preserveand restore what we can to pass along for the future."

Cold Spring, Ny

Hudson Highlands Garden Design

Manhattan

See https://gardenyourcity.com/page5.html

Great Gorge Club-Hotel, Mcafee, Nj

Customer Service Bunny (sold key memberships and gift shop merchandise) during freshman year of college. Toughest written test ever taken: every liquor offered (in order by the type and then by their brand, correct glass, stirrer, garnish, etc. to place order with bartenders. Lived in the Bunny Dorm and worked in the Hutch, Playmate Bar, and Sidewalk Cafe. Nicest entertainer? Johnny Mathis.

Harrison Fellow, Historic Landscape Architecture

Deer Steward, White-Tail Deer Management

Deer Steward I course, April 2010

Community Policing Advocate, Citizen..

Graduated Class 3. Went through NYPD training to understand and be informed. Aided P.O. by diffusing arrest situations.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business

Activities and Societies: Pledged as a Delta Gamma, University of Miami, visiting semester, 1973First Business degree - :Business.