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  • Saturday, February 24, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Eastern – The Art of Planting Design for Public Landscapes, Online

    The art and nature of planting design will be shared through a February 24 online presentation of ideas and examples by LA-based Landscape Architect and certified arborist Michelle Sullivan. Topics will include theme(s), site specificity, ecological factors, cultural context, experiential place making, plant characteristics, form, scale, texture, color, movement and seasonality. We will also review what goes into implementing a planting design for the built environment and the continued care and nurturing of the landscape over time. The presentation will be followed by a robust open discussion – so come with questions! The event is free and open to all. RSVP now to secure your spot for this exciting discussion! Register at www.eventbrite.com

    Michelle Sullivan has focused on ecologically and culturally sensitive design in her over thirty years of landscape architecture practice. Her strength is a broad understanding of design with specific knowledge in natural systems, site integration, design development, and construction. She is principal of Michelle Sullivan – LA. Prior she was a principal at Studio-MLA in the role of an ever-present leader in the firm and mentor to the project teams; in addition, she managed large visitor-oriented projects such as Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Dodger Stadium’s improvements as well as biodiverse projects such as the Nature Gardens at Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, and UCLA’s Mildred Matthias Botanical Garden. Michelle’s work focuses on connecting the public to the natural environment, and on making nature’s restorative and beautiful qualities tangible through design. Earlier in her career, she worked for Walt Disney Imagineering on domestic and international resort and theme park design. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Botany from University of California Santa Barbara and her Professional Designation Certificate in Landscape Architecture from UCLA Extension, where she currently is Chair of the Guidance Committee. Michelle is both a landscape architect and certified arborist. She is based in Los Angeles.

  • Thursday, January 19 – Tuesday, January 24, 2023 – Mexico Monarch Migration

    Each year, millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) make the journey from North America to Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains, flying thousands of miles to their winter home. The migration is one of nature’s most amazing phenomena. Stand amid the fir-covered mountains and witness this awe-inspiring spectacle firsthand as the monarchs flutter, dip, and swoop overhead. Pacific Horticulture hopes to travel with you to Mexico on February 7 – 12 next year, provided the pandemic allows. You’ll see countless butterflies roosting in the early morning, as well as in flight at midday, feeding on wildflowers, and drinking at streams.

    This tour will be escorted by Pacific Horticulture Society Board Member Richard Hayden, who lives in Los Angeles and works for the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County where he is the Special Assistant to the President and Project Liaison engaged in the reimagining of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum and 11 acre landscape. He served as  the Garden Director for the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, a 2.5 acre public garden in Palo Alto, California from 2017 to 2019. He began his career in public horticulture as the Head Gardener for the Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of LAC after enjoying  a 25 year career as a Los Angeles based landscape designer.  He is strong proponent and communicator of resilient, organic garden practices including soil health, wildlife habitat, climate appropriate plants and water conservation. He has a BA in Theatre and Film from the University of Michigan, and a certificate in Horticulture and Garden Design from UCLA. Richard is also an ISA certified arborist.wildlife habitat gardens, the soil food web, and sustainable garden practices. He has dedicated his career to connecting people and nature through the stewardship of public gardens.

    For complete itinerary and information visit https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/tours/mexico-monarch-migration/

  • Monday, March 5, 6:00 pm – Wild Diagnosis: Human Health and the Animal Kingdom

    Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and Co-Director, Evolutionary Medicine Program, UCLA; Visiting Professor, Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, will speak on Monday, March 5 at 5 pm in the Geological Lecture Hall of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, on Wild Diagnosis: Human Health and the Animal Kingdom.

    Sudden cardiac death in kangaroos. Breast cancer in jaguars. Compulsive disorder in polar bears. All animals, including humans, are subject to a wide range of physical and psychological illnesses. Using pathological specimens from Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz will discuss disorders in both living and extinct species. She will also examine the importance of comparative and evolutionary perspectives in deepening scientific understanding of disease and increasing our compassion toward affected patients—both human and non-human animals. Free and open to the public. Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.

    This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page. Check https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/wild-diagnosis-human-health-and-animal-kingdom  the day of the program for a direct video link. A recording of this program will be available on our YouTube channel approximately three weeks after the lecture.

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 7:00 pm – Buying the Farm

    “For today’s young, the economic future is far more bleak, and global warming an unprecedented threat. Out of necessity, many will be searching for meaningful forms of communal self-sufficiency, healthful food, and renewable energy. Tom Fels’ captivating and profound reflection on one earlier commune, Montague Farm, founded in the 1960s, offers hard-learned reflections, some practical, some eternal, from a time when communes were the chosen path of many. Elegantly written. An informative and worthwhile read.”
    Tom Hayden, author of The Long Sixties.

    “Buying the Farm reads like an ancient Greek tragedy, written in gripping prose by a master storyteller. The story of Montague Farm is filled with important lessons for those establishing new ways of living and organizing in the twenty-first century. Raking through the ashes of this 1960s commune, Fels does us an immense service by revealing the glowing coals, bitter embers, and enduring lessons of the final years of the last century, and the beginning of this one.”
    Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of Ethnomusicology, Emeritus, UCLA.

    Tom Fels, a museum curator and writer, has for many years researched, written, and lectured on the history of the 1960s. His Farm Friends: From the Late Sixties to the West Seventies and Beyond received honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award in independent publishing.  Tom will speak about his new book at Porter Square Books, 25 White Street in Cambridge, on Tuesday, January 22, beginning at 7 pm, and will be available to sign copies as well.