Start Date
08/24/2024
End Date
08/24/2024
Description
In this lecture we will hear from garden designer and writer, Leslie Bennett, about her approach toward creating life-changing landscapes. We’ll explore her belief that gardens can be places where we can experience awe-inspiring beauty, deepen our relationship with plants and each other, attune with nature and the seasons, and remember the stories we choose to tell about who we are and how we belong.
Leslie will share about her journey toward her career as a landscape designer and owner of Pine House Edible Gardens in Oakland, CA, expand on her philosophy of garden design, and share about her firm’s equity pricing framework and Black Sanctuary Gardens project. Finally she will tell us about the inspiration for her new book Garden Wonderland, taking us on a photographic tour of some of the inspiring and beautiful garden spaces she and her team have created around the San Francisco Bay Area.
Location
Oakland, CA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Agriculture / Local Food Production
Development Trends
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
1. Learn about the Garden Wonderland themes of designing gardens for experience, beauty, connection and belonging
2. Learn about the Black Sanctuary Gardens project and see gardens that center Black women and communities
3. Learn about the photographic documentation of Black women in their gardens and the extension of place into message
Instructors
1. Sarah Kuehl, EinwillerKuehl Landscape Architecture2. Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens
Course Codes
NCC24-013
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architecture Northern CA Chapter