Article: Newport Flower Show emphasizes chic tree themes.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: Rosemary Herbert

The eighth annual Newport Flower Show, which concludes with a full day of programming today, is in new hands this year. And it's clear the new chairwomen - landscape designer Virginia Pepper Purviance and Bon Appetit contributing editor Bettie Beardon Pardee - have retained some of the best traditions established by former chairwoman Dorrance Hamilton while demonstrating their flair for original programming.

Held at the Newport, R.I., summer mansion known as Rosecliff, the horticultural extravaganza supports ongoing landscape restoration projects undertaken by the Preservation Society of Newport County. Established elements that ...

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