Garden lectures are hour long presentations that discuss topics such as environmental art installations, medicinal plants and garden design.
Restoration for Yourself and the Landscape
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could support our health, and help create habitat? Learn how our personal health and that of the surrounding landscape are inter-connected, how native medicinal plants can restore not only large-scale ecological systems, but also small-scale systems like our immune system. I’ll share background research, explore several of my own projects that illustrate the connections between ecological and human health and give in depth description of selected plants and their healing and ecological attributes, so that your landscape can reflect a commitment to personal health and the health of the landscape around you.
Environmental Art in the Landscape
Connecting People to Place
Art can inspire people to become immersed in a garden in ways that they might not have without the draw or inspiration of a piece or series of pieces of art. Sculpture and installations can create focal points; add color, whimsy and structure throughout the year for the garden. Narrative and poetry can also infuse a garden’s design and layout, from something abstract like a story to the literal meter or “feet of a poem” informing the length and width of a path. At its best, art integrated into a garden setting helps to tell the story of the garden and its owner and contributes to an overall sense of place. Be inspired by some great examples of art in the landscape; learn a methodology for how to site art work through design process and explore options on how to create your own site-specific piece.