Jean Flah Silber, an avid gardener, philanthropist, and strong supporter of the Cylburn Arboretum, died Nov. 21 at the age of 92.She and her late husband, Sidney, founded the Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation; created a donor-advised fund at the Baltimore Community Foundation; and were perennial donors to a variety of other local organizations.The couple were also enthusiastic collectors of American art, much of which is now part of the collections at the Baltimore Museum of Art and Goucher College.Baltimore Fishbowl is re-publishing the following “9 Over 90” piece from March 6, 2023 that featured Silber.Jean Flah SilberDOB: March 29, 1932; Syracuse, NYEducation: Goucher College, B.A.Career present and past:“I have four square plots,” says Jean Silber of her garden at Roland Park Place. She has downsized from the renowned 10-acre Green Spring Valley garden, which she and her late husband Sidney created over 50 years. It became one of the finest in the Mid-Atlantic and a must-see for every garden tour, horticulture class and organization. “Do I miss it? Yes,” she says. “But I don’t miss the work,” says the hands-on gardener who dug, divided, planted and weeded beside her husband and their garden helpers every day, ten months a year.After Sidney died in 2013, the property was divided and sold. Jean sold thousands of the plantings for the benefit of the Horticultural Society of Maryland. She gave thousands more to the gardens of Goucher College, Cylburn Arboretum, Parks & People, and the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), where she has been deeply involved since the 1950s.During a brief career in the retail-training program at Hutzler’s, she married. While expecting the first of their three children, she took a course at the BMA. “That course to become a docent at the museum changed my life forever. I had never studied art history [she was a history major] and I never realized what I had been missing!” She continued as a docent for decades. “That’s when we collected our art library,” she says. She went on to become a trustee and today serves as an honorary trustee. Over time, the couple amassed a fine collection of American art, some of which is now in the collections of the BMA and Goucher College, where the Silber Art Gallery bears their name. Many pieces surround Silber daily in her spacious apartment. “I still study art,” she says. Much of the extensive art library is with her. “And I focus primarily on what I collect, American Cubism recently.” She also continues to expand her knowledge through the many programs offered by the Art Seminar Group.And Baltimore City, where her husband grew up, remains a passion. She moved from the county to Roland Park to be close to organizations she enjoys. She serves as a founding member of the Jean and Sidney Silber donor-advised fund at the Baltimore Community Foundation. Baltimore City nonprofits benefit from her philanthropy, and she takes pleasure in visiting them annually.Key to Longevity of Engagement: This lifelong learner says: “I can’t imagine how I lived without studying art. Now I can’t live without it. I also hope I live long enough to do all that I want to do. I try to do a little bit of traveling to see grandchildren and great-grandchildren.Current Challenge: Mobility. But I have a world-class driver, Joan Samuda, who has been helping me for ten years and is a great friend. We’re inseparable. W