Denise Wiles Adams is this year’s Isabel Bartenstein Garden Lecture speaker, to be presented by Morven Museum & Garden at The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton Street, on March 27 at 10 a.m. Light refreshments and a book-signing will follow.

Ms. Adams is a historian and lecturer on the topic of ornamental plants and American garden design and the author of Restoring American Gardens, a book of history and horticulture that documents the changing plant palette of American gardens.

Tickets are $30, or $25 for Friends of Morven. Space is limited and reservations are required. Call (609) 924-8144 x106 or email msheridan@morven.org.