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Learn the Secrets to Creating Great Gardens

May 01, 2020

How do landscape architects and their clients collaborate on projects? We created Garden Dialogues to reveal the secrets to working together, the give and take, and the creative process that yields a great work of residential landscape architecture. If you haven’t attended any of these events, or if you want to rekindle the memory of an event you did attend, here are four videos featuring a variety of exceptional residential landscapes:

<ul><li>Explore the integrated house and landscape design of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaAdpSPfRoU&list=PL6K1HBuaqHQTJN3EqeiZm1AemdkFlc8uT&index=5&t=0s" target="_blank">Manatuck Farm</a> in Connecticut, including interviews with owners Chris and Barbara Dixon, landscape architect Doug Reed of Reed Hilderbrand, architect Maryann Thompson of Maryann Thompson Architects, and Charles Birnbaum of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.</li><li>A Dialogue on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCL1uWvOv6M&list=PL6K1HBuaqHQTJN3EqeiZm1AemdkFlc8uT&index=3&t=0s" target="_blank">Virginia estate Running Cedar</a> with landscape architect and owner Richard Arentz and architect Richard Williams.</li><li>Discover a commanding and extensive 56-acre <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj0HWoztQzY&list=PL6K1HBuaqHQTJN3EqeiZm1AemdkFlc8uT&index=4&t=0s" target="_blank">northern Westchester estate</a> with landscape designer Larry Weaner and learn about the creation of this idyllic landscape. Weaner's design includes a five-acre native wildflower meadow planted in three stages, a seemingly simple act of nature that is actually a carefully designed and dynamic ecosystem that changes over time.</li><li>Insightful remarks during a tour of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw84Z5IievQ&list=PL6K1HBuaqHQTJN3EqeiZm1AemdkFlc8uT&index=2&t=0s" target="_blank">Wisconsin farm</a> of landscape architect Alfred Caldwell, designer of the National Historic Landmark-designated Lily Pool in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The designer’s biographer, Dennis Domer, the farm’s estate manager, Richard Polansky, and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Ron Henderson led a spirited discussion in this rare opportunity to see an invisible icon.</li></ul><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="5bebdf32-0440-4648-a6d2-354ad6942c46" data-align="none" data-view-mode="wysiwyg"></drupal-media>And finally, note that we have several new <a href="/category/event-type/garden-dialogues">Garden Dialogues</a> scheduled for 2020, with events forthcoming in <a href="/garden-dialogues-2020-stamford-ct">Stamford</a>, CT; <a href="/garden-dialogues-2020-pasadena-ca">Pasadena</a>, CA; <a href="/garden-dialogues-2020-bel-air-ca">Los Angeles</a>, CA; <a href="/garden-dialogues-2020-mercer-island-wa">Mercer Island</a>, WA; <a href="/garden-dialogues-2020-vienna-va">Vienna</a>, VA; and <a href="/garden-dialogues-2020-alexandria-va">Alexandria</a>, VA, with still other venues to be announced. All events will be subject to local guidelines on gatherings, including social distancing, wearing face coverings, and stay-at-home orders. Attendance is limited to 30 people, not only to maximize the safety of those attending but to promote an intimate learning experience. If any of these events need to be postponed to comply with local ordinances, registrants will be notified directly. We look forward to you attending one or more of these exciting <a href="/category/event-type/garden-dialogues">Garden Dialogues</a>.Now more than ever, we need your support as we continue to organize events that reveal the creativity of landscape architecture.<div><a href="https:/donate.tclf.org/donate/" target=""><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="f184e6c3-586d-482f-b07d-f2ec5714dbef" data-align="none" data-view-mode="wysiwyg_native_size"></drupal-media></a></div>

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