The Way We Garden NOW: Sustainability Aesthetics, & Gardens with Integrity April 15, 2011

Gardens that adhere to some principles of design, maintain solid ecological infrastructure, reflect their region through horticulture and materials, and are beautiful in the eye of their creators and visitors, we can call gardens with integrity. This seminar brings together a garden writer, a landscape architect, an artist and garden designer, and an ecologist to remind us not to forget “beauty” as we create outdoor places that entertain us, relax us, and allow us to convene with nature and ourselves. A local designer, horticulturist, and garden activist will join our speakers for a lively discussion of collective vision following the talks. The Garden Conservancy’s Sixth Annual Garden Design Seminar at the Presidio is produced with support from the Garden Conservancy's George W. Rowe Education Fund. The seminar is cosponsored by Pacific Horticulture Magazine and Timber Press.

Program and Speakers:

Stephen Orr, garden writer, New York City, on Tomorrow‘s Garden;

Mark Simmons, ecologist, Austin, on Urban Transformations through Horticulture and Ecology;

Rosalind Creasy, garden and food writer, Northern California, on Edible Landscaping;

W. Gary Smith, artist/landscape architect, Toronto, on Bringing a Local Sense of Place into the Garden;

Christine Ten Eyck, landscape architect, Phoenix/Austin, on Harsh Beauty: the aesthetic of a tough environment

The individual talks will be followed by a panel with the speakers and moderator.

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