In this January 12 lecture at the Arnold Arboretum, Chip Sullivan’s ecological narrative aims to provide a map to help one find his or her way back to a world of wonder, imagination, and mystery. Chip provides a visual tour of a variety of unique landscapes and gardens throughout history while exploring the use of optical device to perceive the landscape in new ways. Fee is $10 for Arboretum member; $20 nonmember; Free student. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.(Students must call to register.) Offered in collaboration with The Garden Conservancy

One of the singular talents in landscape design, Chip Sullivan (Professor, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at University of California, Berkeley) has shared his expertise through a seemingly unusual medium that, at second glance, makes perfect sense–the comic strip. For years Sullivan entertained readers of Landscape Architecture Magazine with comic strips that ingeniously illustrated significant concepts and milestones in the creation of our landscapes. These strips gained a large following among architects and illustrators, and now those original works, as well as additional strips, are collected in a new book, Cartooning the Landscape.