The Friends of the Public Garden and the Friends of Fairsted will host a lecture on December 1 at the Wheelock College Brookline Campus, 43 Hawes Street on the corner of Hawes and Monmouth Streets in Brookline beginning at 6 pm. Anne Whiston Spirn has raised awareness of the segregation of ecology from urban planning ever since her publication of The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design in 1984. For thirty years, Spirn has directed the West Philadelphia Landscape Project, an award-winning program dedicated to restoring nature, rebuilding inner-city communities, and empowering youth. She will describe this research-in-action, its impact on Philadelphia’s planning policies, and its lessons for more equitable and sustainable communities. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Call 617-566-1689, ext 265, or visit http://friendsoffairsted.org/programs/register/