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  • Wednesday, December 11, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Garden in the Woods Master Plan

    Mark Richardson, Director of Horticulture, New England Wild Flower Society, will speak at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Wednesday, March 11, from 7 – 9, in a program sponsored by the Ecological Landscaping Association, the New England Wild Flower Society, and the Boston Architectural College.  New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods is a 45-acre botanical garden.  With over 1,000 native plant species on display and 150 rare and endangered species, the Garden is a valuable resource promoting conservation of native New England plants.  The various gardens and habitats serve as the Society’s laboratory for horticulture, gardening, conservation and education, and has long been a model of naturalistic garden design.

    Now, the Garden in the Woods must grapple with a future of uncertainty in the face of climate change.  Get a behind-the-scenes look at the master plan recently completed by Andropogon Associates to envision the future and advance the sustainable operations of this botanical gem.  Registrations are limited.  For more information email ela.info@comcast.net, or call 617-436-5838.  $26 members of sponsoring organizations, $32 general public.

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  • Thursday, November 14, 4:30 pm – Opening Reception: The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley

    Modernist landscape architect Daniel Urban Kiley (1912-2004) achieved acclaim for his visionary landscape designs, numbering more than 1,000 worldwide. In 2013 The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s annual Landslide compendium will be presented as a special retrospective of Kiley’s life and prolific body of work. As a part of the retrospective, an exhibition of photography, showcasing some of Kiley’s most important commissions as they appear today, will open at the Boston Architectural College where it will remain on display through 2013, before traveling to other venues nationwide.

    An exclusive opening reception will be held at the College’s McCormick Gallery, 320 Newbury Street in Boston, on November 14, 2013 beginning at 4:30pm.

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  • Mondays, October 21 – December 9, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The Winter Garden Plants

    Gardeners who strive for year-round interest do not ignore the months of dormancy, instead choosing plantings to seamlessly link the four landscape seasons. Discussions and projects in this Boston Architectural College course will heighten students’ awareness of the quiet beauty of the winter landscape. We will explore plants for the winter garden in depth, discussing evergreen and persistent foliage, winter buds, colorful winter twigs and bark, winter-flowering plants, grasses, and bamboo, as well as the use of weeping and contorted plants as sculptural elements and columnar plants as spatial accents. In addition, each class will explore architectural elements such as walls, fences, hedges, topiary, sculpture, and rocks, all of which enrich the experience of the winter garden. This course will meet Mondays, October 21 through December 9, from 6 – 8 at 100 Massachusetts Avenue, Room M512, and includes 4 Field Trips.  The instructor is Gary L. Koller, and the fee is $920.  Register on line at www.the-bac.edu.

    Gary Koller is president of Koller and Associates, specializing in residential garden design. His award-winning gardens have been featured on tours conducted by the Perennial Plant Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Garden Conservancy. Gary served for 22 years as Director of Horticulture for the Arnold Arboretum and is currently an instructor for the Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum. He is an international lecturer and has published numerous articles. Gary has received many awards and medals for his skills in communicating about environmental horticulture. He serves on the Medals Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the awards committee of the New England Wild Flower Society and the Buildings and Grounds Committee of Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum.  Photo from www.valbourne.co.uk.

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  • Thursday, October 17, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Therapeutic Landscape Collaborations: Successful Evidence Based Design

    The Landscape Institute at the Boston Architectural College and The Underground will sponsor a Commemorative Forum in honor of the late Landscape Institute instructor Michael Weinmayr entitled Therapeutic Landscape Collaborations: Successful Evidence Based Design, on Thursday, October 17, from 9 – 12:30 at The Union Hospital, 500 Lynnfield Street in Lynn, Massachusetts.

    Panelists include Harvey Zarren, MD, FACC, Christine Wojnar, Feng Shui Institute of America, Elizabeth (Zibby) Ericson, FAIA, LEED AP, Deborah Gaw, Owner of Garden Scapes Landscape Design, Lisa Bailey, ASLA, BayLeaf Studio, David Jay, ASLA, LEED AP O+M, Weinmayr/Jay Associates, Anna Pelosi, Lead HRO – NSMC Inpatient Psychiatry Services and Manager of the Patient and Family Relations Department.

    One can almost say that all gardens heal. So what differentiates a healing garden? The main distinction is in how a healing or therapy garden caters to its targeted user group such as cancer, rehabilitation, psychiatric and eldercare patients. This forum pairs healthcare providers, researchers and designers that focus on creating healing spaces and restorative landscapes to promote health and well-being. These experts will demonstrate down to the cellular level why gardens heal, and we will explore how different aspects to a healing garden can promote healing in the different user groups. Many examples of healing gardens will be shown, and participants will tour the Dr. Harvey Zarren Healing Garden, pictured below, at the site as a case study.  The fee is $50, and you may sign up by calling 617-585-0101.  You may also register online at http://theunderground.pbworks.com/w/page/22166298/Programs.

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  • Thursday, October 24 – Friday, November 8 – Japan: Gardens and Landscapes in Kyoto and Southern Japan and South Korea

    Japan, the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ has one of the great world traditions of garden design. In November the gardens of Kyoto glow with the changing leaf colors of the famed maples set against the deep green of moss and the tones of raked gravel and ancient stones. This storied city, preserved from destruction during World War II, has been an artistic, religious and commercial center for over a thousand years.

    Korea, the ‘Land of Morning Calm’ has a 5,000 year old history and its own traditional garden culture. With four distinct seasons its wealth of native plants and varied topography combine in a landscape described as geumsu gangsan -‘a land of picturesque rivers and mountains as if embroidered on silk.  This natural beauty has led to the development of a landscape style that differs in many ways from the classic styles of China and Japan, notably in its use of a wide range of plants, chosen not only for their symbolism, such as the ‘four gentlemen’ of bamboo, orchid, chrysanthemum and plum, but also for their variety.

    This trip, sponsored by The Boston Architectural College and led by LI Travel Expeditions and Nan Blake Sinton, will take place October 24 – November 8. As director of programs for Horticulture magazine Nan has developed, organized and led an international series of garden seminars and tours. An experienced educator and designer, Nan was also the director of public programs at Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum and has been leading garden design programs to Portugal since 1995. She is a horticultural educator, garden designer, writer, and national lecturer on design and planting; her work in horticultural outreach and education has been recognized by the Garden Club of America, and was Massachusetts Horticultural Society 2005 Gold Medal winner.

    For more information, please email pce@the-bac.edu.

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  • Tuesdays, July 9 – July 30, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Chinese Painting and Garden History Workshop

    The Landscape Institute at Boston Architectural College will take a workshop on the road at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, on four successive Tuesdays, July 9 – 30, from 6 – 9.  Entitled Chinese Painting and Garden History Workshop, this rich seminar is collaboratively taught by Chinese landscape historian YoYi Chen and landscape painter Ma Qingxiong.  His work is shown below. This unique offering is a creative course, exposing students to historical concepts in Chinese landscape design, such as using multiple viewpoints and evocative juxtapositions, as well as teaching participants to compose artistic landscape ink drawings.  The format is a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and workshop painting in the gardens.  $300.  To register, log on to www.the-bac.edu/LI.

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  • Thursdays, July 11 – August 1, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Soil & Plant Association Field Trip Course

    This Landscape Institute of Boston Architectural College summer course, to be held Thursdays, July 11 – August 1 from 9:30 – 4, kicks off with an orientation at the Doyle Center (below) in Leominister, Massachusetts, and concentrates four full days on different landscape locations from Central Massachusetts to the North Shore.  Classes will explore the relationship of geology and soils to plants and hydrology.  Alluvial, glacial, and seacoast processes will be examined to analyze prevailing ecological factors such as site drainage, ecology, specific site soil potentials and restrictions.  Techniques to observe microclimate factors and their effect on site design and maintenance will be discussed.  Using the power of observation, you will infer soil development, site hydrology and nutrient flow.  Students will be able to outline potential sustainable planting plans and maintenance recommendations using native plants and controlling invasive plants by the end of this hands-on course investigation.  Individual transportation or ability to carpool will be necessary to complete the course.  The instructor is Marty Michener, and the audit price is $730. Register at www.the-bac.edu/LI.

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  • Tuesday, May 14, 10:00 am – Rolling Ridge, A Fletcher Steele Landscape of the Country Place Era

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay will embark on a field trip to Rolling Ridge, a Fletcher Steele designed landscape in North Andover, 25 miles north of Boston and situated on a half mile of lakefront property, with 38 secluded acres of woods and rolling hills. The field trip will take place Tuesday, May 14, leaving from Back Bay at 9 am. Members will receive a car pool notice in the mail. The gardens feature a double labyrinth nestled in the peaceful woods, an outdoor chapel on the edge of Lake Cochichewick, and the award winning landscape features historic fountains, walking trails, and meditation benches.  In the past, it was a country estate owned by wealthy New Yorker Ethan Allen, who, in 1915, commissioned renowned landscape architect Fletcher Steele to design and construct the gardens on the property. The commission was Steele’s first independent Country Place Era Estate project. The scenery and lake views were so important to Mr. Allen that he wanted the landscape and hardscape completed before beginning construction of the house (a forty room Georgian mansion). The features of the garden and hardscape are remarkably well-preserved and the intent of the use and design is readily apparent. It is said to be one of the best extant examples of a Fletcher Steele landscape.

    Our guide is Maureen O’Brien. She has studied in depth the Fletcher Steele garden at Rolling Ridge. She co-authored the Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) and authored a Treatment and Maintenance Plan for Rolling Ridge. Maureen has a certificate in Landscape Preservation from the Landscape Institute at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and the Boston Architectural College. She is vice president and member chair of the New England Landscape and History Association (NELDHA), is on the Editorial Board for Perspectives, a landscape design and history publication with special emphasis on New England, and has been involved with a number of historic properties in Massachusetts. Coffee and scones will be served prior to Maureen’s talk, followed by a buffet lunch and walking tour. $15 for GCBB members, $20 for guests. For more information email info@bostonflora.com.

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  • Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Climate Change: What Would Olmsted Do?

    Join The Emerald Necklace Conservancy Panel entitled Climate Change: What Would Olmsted Do? beginning at 10 am moderated by Ted Landsmark, President and CEO of the Boston Architectural College with panel speakers: Ethan Carr, Author and Olmsted Scholar, Brian Swett, City of Boston Chief of Energy and Environment and Jhana Senxian, Founder and CEO of the Sustainability Guild International. Coffee and Registration at 9 am. Presented by Olmsted 2022 at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston. Registration fee $10 (includes coffee and lunch). Reserve online at https://25749.thankyou4caring.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=300

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  • Thursday, February 28, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Reveries of a Landscape Gardener

    The New England Landscape Design & History Association presents a lecture by landscape designer and historian Leslie Martino on Reveries of a Landscape Gardener: Donald Grant Mitchell (1822 – 1908) and the Path to East Rock Park, New Haven.  The lecture will be held Thursday, February 28 from 3 – 5 at the Fishbowl, Boston Architectural College, 320 Newbury Street, and is free and open to the public.

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