Madoo In Manhattan Stephanie Mahon, The New Beautiful 

 Madoo In Manhattan

Stephanie Mahon, The New Beautiful 

(Sagaponack, NY, May 5, 2026)—The Madoo Conservancy presented the 12th annual Madoo In Manhattan garden lecture last night at a private club in New York City, featuring Stephanie Mahon, the Editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine. She spoke on the recently published book, The New Beautiful: Gardens for a Resilient Future, (Rizzoli, 2025) featuring over thirty gardens that have been presented in the magazine. 

Opening remarks were given by Madoo Conservancy Executive Director Alejandro Saralegui, and the introduction was given by Charles Miers, Publisher, Rizzoli. Members of the audience included gardeners and design aficionados from the East End, New York City and beyond. 

In her lecture, Mahon explored contemporary landscape projects from traditional English flower gardens and romantic new country gardens to very contemporary gardens in Australia and the United States. Small city courtyards and astounding new public parks Mahon were highlighted. Mahon also brought to light  a new generation of garden designers who are creating boundary pushing spaces that change the way we think about gardens and gardening for the future.

About the Speaker: Since 2021, Staphanie Mahon has been the Editor of Garden’s Illustrated, a respected international magazine which covers the art and craft of gardening and the best of contemporary garden design. Prior to that she helmed the following titles: Garden Design Journal and the English Garden magazine. She has also written for The Telegraph, Homes & Gardens, Country Homes & Interiors, RHS The Garden, Country Living. Mahon is also the author of Wild Gardens (Pavilion Books, 2022); Practical advice guides including Grow: Pruning & Training, (DK 2021). Grow: Bulbs and Grow: Herbs, (DK2022).

Event photography is available upon request.

The Madoo Conservancy is dedicated to the study, preservation, and enhancement of Madoo, the ever changing, horticulturally diverse garden with historic structures established in 1967 by artist, gardener, and writer Robert Dash in the village of Sagaponack, New York. At Madoo, a unique living tribute to the artistic imagination of its founder, we seek to continually engage, educate, and inspire our visitors within this entirely organic environment. The Madoo Conservancy is a nonprofit 501(c)3 public charity.

Jessica Mackin-Cipro

Co-Publisher/Editor

Jessica Mackin-Cipro is an editor and lifestyle writer from the East End of Long Island. She was previously the Executive Editor of The Independent Newspaper and co-founded James Lane Post in 2020. She has won multiple NYPA and PCLI awards for journalism, design, and social media, including the Stuart C. Dorman Award for Editorial Excellence. In 2023, she was a recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award at the United Nations 67th Annual Commission on the Status of Women. She aims to share the stories of inspirational people and places on the East End and beyond.