What’s Out There Weekend

Highlighting the nation’s rich and diverse landscape heritage through a series of free interpretive tours led by expert guides.

Hosted in different cities every year, What’s Out There Weekend brings to light the unique landscape legacy and local character of each city, defined by its publicly accessible parks, gardens, plazas, cemeteries, memorials, and neighborhoods. An extension of the What’s Out There database, What’s Out There Weekend draws people out into their communities to experience first-hand the landscapes that they see every day but often overlook.

2012 Events

Washington, DC | May 19-20
The Italian influence on Washington, DC’s parks, gardens and public spaces ranges from Meridian Hill Park’s majestic cascade to the grottoes of the Franciscan Monastery. Experience Bella Italia in the nation’s capital.
   

New York City | October 6-7
What’s Out There Weekend NYC will hit the five boroughs, from the rolling hills and notable monuments of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx to Manhattan’s midtown Modernist gems.

2011 Events

Chicago

Chicago, IL
From the City's signature Prairie style landscapes to Modern gems like Dan Kiley's South Garden at the Art Institute of Chicago, What's Out There Weekend will highlight Chicago's remarkable and important landscape legacy.
   

Levi Plaza

San Francisco, CA
The "Mostly Modern" weekend in San Francisco will highlight parks, plazas, and a diverse range of landscape projects designed by some of the nation's great Modern masters.

2010 Events

Dumbarton Oaks

Washington, DC
On Sept 25-26, 2010, the first What's Out There Weekend provided residents and visitors an opportunity to discover and explore 25 free, publicly accessible sites in the nation's capital.