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Happenings October 2019

Selected Events Around the Country:

Exhibitions:
thru October 15, Celebrating New American Gardens, Washington DC
US Botanic Garden, 202-225-8333

Events:

NOTE: Garden Conservancy Digging Deeper
Special Events at Open Days Gardens throughout the month.

Sept 30-Oct 1 Grey to Green Conference, Minneapolis, MN 
Conference focus: green infrastructure, Univ of Minn, sponsor: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Oct 3, Native Plants and Pollinators Conference, Storrs, CT
8am-3:20pm, UConn, Student Union Ballroom, 860-885-2821
Oct 5. Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours: NY, PA
NY: Ulster, Westchester Counties; PA: Bucks County

Oct 7, Landscape Design Lecture, NY, NY
6:30pm, British LA Kim Wilkie, Scandinavia House, NYBG 718-817-8700
Oct 10, Landscape Lecture, "Saving a Livable World," NY, NY
6pm, Sir Robert Watson, Christie's, NYBG, 718-817-8700
Oct 12-13, Garden Conservancy Open Days Tours, NY
Dutchess, Putnam Counties

Oct 16, "Groundbreaking Design," Atlanta, GA
7pm, Lecture, LA Deborah Nevins, Atlanta History Center, sponsor: Garden Conservancy
Oct 18, Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, PA
9am-4:30pm, Swarthmore  College
Oct 18, "Groundbreaking Design," Chicago, IL
1pm, Lecture, LA Deborah Nevins, Chicago Botanic Garden, sponsor: Garden Conservancy
Oct 18-19, Perennial Plant Conference, Niles, MI
Great Lakes Regional Symposium, Fernwood Botanical Garden.

Oct 21, Landscape Design Lecture, NY, NY
6:30pm, Daniel Vasini of West 8, Scandinavia House, NYBG, 718-817-8700
Oct 22, Landscape Lecture, "A Gardening Life," Bronx, NY
1-3pm, UK designer James Alexander-Sinclair, NYBG, 718-817-8700
Oct 22-24, Japanese Garden Design Intensive, Portland, OR
"With an Eye Towards Nature," Portland Japanese Garden, 503-223-1321
Oct 23-24 Landscape Expo, Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Convention Center, Lectures, Demos, Exhibits, More.
Oct 24, "Dancing Through Borders," Chappaqua, NY
6:30pm, Lecture, British designer James Alexander-Sinclair, Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, sponsor: Garden Conservancy
Oct 25, "Gardenlust," Lecture, Washington DC
6:30-8:30pm, Designer & Author Chris Woods, USBG, 202-225-8333
Oct 26-27 What's Out There Weekend, San Diego, CA
Free Landscape Tours with Experts, TCLF, 202-483-0553
Oct 26-27, Dry Garden Design Symposium, Walnut Creek, CA
Ruth Bancroft Garden, 925-944-9352

Oct 28, "Kiftsgate Court Gardens: 3 Generations of Women Gardeners," Philadelphia, PA
6pm, Union League, Lecture, sponsor: Garden Conservancy
Oct 28, "The Garden of the XXI Century," Boston, MA
12-1:30pm, Lecture, LA Teresa Gali-Izard, Harvard GSD, Gund Hall,
Oct 29-30, Grey to Green Conference, Silver Spring, MD
Conference focus:  green infrastructure, Tommy Douglas Conference Center, sponsor: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

LOOKAHEAD:

Nov 4, Landscape Design Lecture, NY, NY
6:30pm, LA Andrea Cochran, Scandinavia House, NYBG, 718-817-8700
Nov 7, ELA Season's End Conference, North Grafton, MA
8:30am-4:30pm, "Taking Landscapes to the Next Level," 617-436-5838
Nov 15-18 ASLA Annual Conference, San Diego, CA

 

Landscape for the Arts

images: Hollander Design - click to enlarge

It's called "The Reach," and it's the new addition to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC -- just opened this past weekend.

The new, inter-connected pavilions, facing the Potomac River, include a lot of translucent glass that turns them into a luminous sculpture at night.  And much of the space in them is underground, giving Landscape Architect Edmund Hollander about 52,000 square feet of green roof space and more.

According to Hollander Design, the exterior elements ... "are designed to serve as a living memorial to JFK."  These elements include a grove of 35 ginkgo trees, a reflecting pool, and a mahogany deck which is the length of PT 109.

There are also outdoor classrooms, a lawn area where visitors can watch Kennedy Center events, an entry court and dining areas, and a planted bridge that extends over Rock Creek Parkway, connecting the new pavilions to a river walk on the other side of the roadway.

Hollander also designed a sedum wall covering the outside of the building that reads as a carpet.  The plants are installed on a variety of surfaces, from almost flat to 100% vertical. 

Aside from the sedum, the plant palette is native, along with naturally adaptive species.

More forthcoming in early October ... after a tour with Hollander and his team.