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Morris Arboretum’s Weekday Lecture Series, Connections Beyond Our Garden Talks on People, Plants and Place Returning this October |
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September 29, 2015, Volume 62, No. 07 |
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(Above) Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs |
Now in its sixth year, Morris Arboretum’s Connections Beyond Our Garden—Talks on People, Plants and Place was designed to present wide ranging topics intended to create a deeper and broader understanding of our natural world beyond gardens. This fall, selected speakers will take guests on a journey to the forests of Costa Rica; a culinary adventure with award-winning, local cookbook authors; and into the public realm, where one of the most renowned landscape architects is creating inspiring spaces that help engage people with the natural world.
Connections kicks off on Wednesday, October 7 at 2 p.m. with Daniel Janzen, DiMaura Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Pennsylvania, as he presents Tropical Conservation via Biodiversity Development: a Real World Case from Costa Rica. Dr. Janzen divides his time between his professorship in conservation biology at Penn and field work in Costa Rica at Area de Conservacion, Guanacaste (www.acguanacaste.ac.cr), one of the oldest, largest and most successful habitat restoration projects in the world. Dr. Janzen and his wife, tropical ecologist Winnie Hallwachs, have spent decades constructing this World Heritage site. Their research has focused on this question: how can society utilize the biodiversity of tropical wildlands without destroying them? As quoted in New Yorker magazine’s April 2015 issue, Dr. Janzen stated, “It’s like terrorism. We have to succeed every day, the terrorists have to succeed only once.” This lecture will present answers, applications and insight—many of which were found through the research process itself. |
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(Above) Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton |
For the next Connection, join Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, Canal House, on Wednesday, November 11 at 2 p.m. for their talk, Getting and Giving—Tales of Cooking Seasonally and Eating Well for the Holidays. Ms. Hirsheimer was a founder and executive editor of Saveur magazine, where Ms. Hamilton was the test kitchen director and food editor. They now publish the award-winning series of seasonally inspired cookbooks, Canal House Cooking. Together in Frenchtown, New Jersey, they do all the writing, recipe development, photography, illustrations, design and production.
Ms. Hirsheimer and Ms. Hamilton will share stories from their travels all over the world and from their own beautiful corner of the Northeast where they use ingredients found in most markets, building relationships with the people who grow, craft, raise and sell the foods we eat.
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(Above) Laurie Olin |
The Connections Beyond Our Garden lecture series will conclude on Wednesday, December 2 at 2 p.m. with Laurie Olin, partner, OLIN, as he presents Beauty, Craft and Creating Public Spaces in a City.
Bryant Park in New York City, the Washington Monument Grounds in Washington DC, the American Academy in Rome, US Embassy in London and, in Philadelphia, the Barnes Foundation, Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden and Dilworth Park are just a few of the projects from the portfolio of the internationally known firm OLIN. Dedicated to affecting positive change through landscape architecture, urban design and planning, the firm is known for creating iconic and vibrant landscapes.
Mr. Olin, winner of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, a distinguished practice professor of architecture at Penn, author and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today, will speak about the sculpture gardens, parks and civic spaces the firm designed between 1975-2015, the challenges in designing these types of projects, and what makes for a successful public space.
The Connections Beyond Our Garden lectures are held at the Arboretum’s Widener Visitor Center at 2 p.m. A reception will follow each talk. The cost for each lecture is $15 for members and $20 for non-members, which includes admission to the garden. Advanced registration and payment are required. Call (215) 247-5777, ext. 125 or email education@morrisarboretum.org
Related: Celebrating Autumn with Morris Arboretum’s Fall Festival and Designer Scarecrows
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