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  • Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18 – What’s Out There Weekend in San Francisco

    On September 17th and 18th in San Francisco, The Cultural Landscape Foundation will host What’s Out There Weekend, a series of interpretive tours that highlight San Francisco’s rich and diverse heritage of Modernist designed landscapes. Dubbed “Mostly Modern”, during the weekend members of the public will be able to visit any or all of a network of 25 publicly accessible sites around the City, to participate in free tours from expert guides.

    From Ted Osmundson’s Kaiser Center Roof Garden (below) in Oakland, to San Francisco’s Levi’s Plaza designed by Lawrence Halprin, to Robert Royston’s Santa Clara Central Park, San Francisco and the Bay Area has the broadest and most diverse Modernist landscape legacy in the country. Yet while local residents pass through these important Modernist landscapes on a daily basis, they often do not know their stories. The goal of “Mostly Modern” is to raise awareness about these valuable places and educate the public about the individuals who designed and created them.

    The What’s Out There Weekend initiative dovetails with the web-based What’s Out There, the first searchable database of the nation’s designed landscapes. While the database offers a broad and interconnected way to learn about a region’s historic designed landscapes, the What’s Out There Weekend gets people out into their communities, to actively experience the landscapes that they see every day but often overlook.  Tour and event details will be available beginning soon at www.tclf.org.

  • Friday, October 8 – Pioneers Regional Symposium

    To celebrate the recent publication of Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project, a series of regional symposia will be held. Each venue in this national series will spotlight specific designers, projects, and trends that collectively celebrate our unique and historically significant designed landscape heritage. Speakers will include leading historians, designers, and practitioners.  One such event will be held Friday, October 8 at the Lyman Estate, 185 Lyman Street in Waltham, Massachusetts.  The event is sponsored by The Cultural Landscape Foundation.  A complete list of participants and registration information can be found at www.tclf.org.

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  • Saturday, September 25 – Sunday, September 26,8:00 am – 5:30 pm – What’s Out There Weekend

    This September 25 and 26  in Washington, D.C., The Cultural Landscape Foundation will hold What’s Out There Weekend—the prototype for an annual, nationwide series of interpretive tours that focus attention on our country’s rich and diverse heritage of designed landscapes. The public will be able to visit any or all of 25 sites around Washington, D.C., to get free tours from expert guides.

    The goal of the weekend’s activities is to raise awareness about the importance of Washington, D.C.’s astonishing and diverse historic designed landscape heritage and to educate the public about the individuals who designed them and the unique narratives behind their creation, ongoing care, and management. The landscapes span over 200 years of design, from L’Enfant’s Plan for the city to Dan Kiley’s plaza at the National Gallery of Art. Throughout the weekend there will be public guided tours, including a unique event at the U.S. Capitol Grounds; an insider’s view of some of Northwest D.C.’s most prominent estate landscapes and an introduction to Congressional Cemetery, one of our nation’s oldest designed cemeteries. TCLF’s What’s Out There Weekend partners, the National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, will support sites all over the city, from the National Mall to Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

    The What’s Out There Weekend initiative dovetails with the web-based What’s Out There, the first searchable database of the nation’s designed landscapes. What’s Out There Weekend extends the focus of the What’s Out There database, by creating a rich series of inspiring and educational events.

    TCLF is proud to have the support of the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Washington, D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation in hosting this first What’s Out There Weekend. TCLF also wishes to thank our Media Partner, Room & Board, and PNC Bank for their support.  For a complete list of sites, and registration information, log on to www.tclf.org.

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  • Friday, September 10, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – A Moveable Feast

    For the fourth consecutive year, The Cultural Landscape Foundation is planning a garden program on Friday, September 10 for a very limited number of attendees, in conjunction with the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Annual Meeting in Georgetown, Washington, DC.  In the past, these exclusive events have included last year’s private lunch at Mies van der Rohe’s masterwork Farnsworth House in Plano, IL; “Patterns,” the Governor and Elise duPont’s estate that includes Dan Kiley’s last significant garden commission; and the Donnell Garden, a modernist icon in Sonoma with its celebrated kidney-shaped pool.

    This year, under the umbrella of “A Moveable Feast,” you will have a “curated” visit to three private gardens designed by James van Sweden (Oehme van Sweden + Associates). This progressive lunch and excursion will begin with a walk around one garden, the next garden will include light refreshments, while the third will include a buffet lunch. The on-foot garden excursion will be followed by a premiere of the James van Sweden Pioneers Oral History module and a seated conversation with Mr. van Sweden himself. Join Jim and TCLF Board members for this celebratory event. $700 – Garden Excursion; $75 – Moveable Feast Reception.  To register, and for more information, log on to www.tclf.org/event/moveable-feast.

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  • Thursday, May 6, 6:00 pm – Saturday, May 8, 4:30 pm – Landscapes for Living: Post War Years in Texas

    Another interesting trip is planned May 6 – May 8 by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (www.tclf.org), this time with a focus on the unique Post War legacy of public and private landscapes in Texas, during what is now thought to be an optimistic time of innovation and experimentation.  Nationally recognized speakers from the public and private sectors and the academic community, including Charles Birnbaum, W. Mark Gunderson, and Ben Koush,  will provide rare insight and analysis of this unprecedented era of design.  The conference , to be held at the Dallas Museum of Art, will look both back and ahead, as the symposium culminates in a panel discussion which explores what this design legacy and Modern design means in the 21st century.  Fees (not including transportation and lodging) $125 for members of the TCLF, $150 for nonmembers, $75 students.  Co-sponsored by Historic Fort Worth, Inc. For more information, log on to the TCLF web site or email andrea@tclf.org.  Heritage Park, Fort Worth,  designed by Lawrence Halprin, is pictured below.

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  • Landslide 2010 – Every Tree Tells a Story

    Sentinel and specimen trees, allees and boulevards, hedgerows and urban forests – they surround us and are living reminders of our heritage.  In order to honor and help preserve our country’s heritage of trees, The Cultural Landscape Foundation and Garden Design Magazine are teaming up with The Davey Tree Expert Company for the 2010 Landslide: Every Tree Tells a Story.

    Since its inception in 2003, the landslide initiative has spotlighted more than 150 significant at-risk parks, gardens, horticultural features, and working landscapes.  The goal of Landslide is to draw immediate and lasting attention to these threatened landscapes and unique features, revealing the value of everyday places and encouraging informed community-based stewardship decisions. Through web features, traveling exhibits, and print publications, Landslide reveals the value of these forgotten places.

    An example of an at- risk garden selected by Landslide is The Italian Garden designed by Winthrop Ames at Queset, in North Easton, Massachusetts (pictured below circa 1920). Abandoned for generations, this ruined garden is a silent testament to Edwardian era bon vivants and the Golden Age of American gardens,   This year’s theme calls attention to the places that embody our shared landscape heritage.  Nominate or learn more by visiting www.tclf.org/landslide.  Deadline for nominations is March 31, 2010.

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