Start Date
05/16/2025
End Date
05/18/2025
Description
The symposium will include a series of events focused on the arc of landscape history that has shaped Middle Tennessee over thousands of years. At the heart of the passion for Classical Art and Architecture is the recognition of the continuum of design thinking over centuries. Rather than seeking and celebrating rupture, the best of classical art and architecture builds, layer by layer, on the past, toward a better future. When we turn our attention to the parallel conversation in Landscape Architecture and Garden Design, the complex interaction of humans and living collections in our cities, parks and residences, offers a similar opportunity to find the continuum of design thinking. During the ICAA Bunny Mellon Garden Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee, the participants will explore the arc of landscape history that has shaped Middle Tennessee over hundreds of years. Beginning with an understanding of the remarkable geologic formation of the Nashville Basin, Native American settlement and lifeways, colonial settlement and enslavement in the 18th century, expansion of industry in the 19th century, to the evolution of the modern City of Nashville, its parks and gardens. Guests will visit a number of historic and contemporary sites illustrating this remarkable continuum and stewardship of the landscape and garden history in Middle Tennessee.
Location
Nashville, TN
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Housing & Community Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
3.0
Learning Outcomes
1) Study the composition and contrast of residential landscapes at all scales from urban, suburban, and to rural agrarian landscapes.
2) Understand the ecosystem of the southern agrarian landscape versus a manicured urban or suburban landscape.
3) Study the relationship of trees, hedges, landforms, use of regional materials, and architectural structures in the formation of outdoor rooms and definition of spaces in both the urban and agrarian landscape.
4) Learn about incorporating greater biodiversity through plant selection, designation, preservation, and management of existing stands of trees and as certified arboretums.
5) Experience the pressures of explosive population growth and climate change on the natural environment and how landowners, residents and other organizations like The Land Trust for Tennessee are addressing these pressures.
Instructors
Thomas Woltz, Braden Meadows, Emily Parish, Jamie Pfeffer
Course Codes
Provider
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art