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  • Saturday, September 21 – Sunday, September 22 – What’s Out There Weekend: Baltimore

    What’s Out There® Weekend (WOTW) Baltimore will bring to light the local character of the city as reflected by its publicly accessible parks, gardens, plazas, cemeteries, neighborhoods, and historic sites. From the city’s founding in the eighteenth century to its twentieth century Inner Harbor development, Baltimore has a rich and significant cultural landscape legacy, shaped by myriad individuals, communities, and practitioners.  For specific details visit https://www.tclf.org/whats-out-there-weekend-baltimore   

    Working in collaboration with myriad local partners, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) will make visible and instill value in the places that make the region unique and engage the public to promote their sustained stewardship and interpretation. WOTW Baltimore will engage a large and diverse audience (typically 1,000+), offering two days of free, expert-led tours, encouraging participants to discover the little-known design history of places they may pass every day.

  • Thursday, April 12 – Sunday, April 15 – Leading with Landscape IV: North Carolina’s Research Triangle

    In an effort to broaden awareness of the transformation taking place in the public realm across the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Research Triangle, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) will curate a conference and related events on April 12-15, 2018, that will draw an audience that is local, national, and international in scope. In developing these events, TCLF, in partnership with the City of Raleigh, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Museum of Art, and Sasaki, is working to excite and inspire constituents, helping them to understand that the ambitions of their region are worthy of critical analysis, evaluation, and broadcasting.

    Over the past fifteen years TCLF has organized numerous conferences – all of them sold-out events – that examine urban planning and landscape architecture. Most recently, the foundation’s Leading with Landscape conferences in San Antonio (2017), Houston (2016), and Toronto (2015) have taken multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the balance that exists between thr stewardship of natural and cultural resources and the evolving identities of urban areas. Conference attendees included landscape architects and allied practitioners, urban planners and related municipal officials, stewardship advocates, educators, elected officials, and other interested parties. All three conferences also secured the participation of their city’s mayors, along with key leaders from the public, non-profit, and academic sectors.

    Schedule of Events:

    Thursday Evening, April 12: Opening Reception, North Carolina Museum of Art
    Friday, April 13: Leading with Landscape Conference, James B. Hunt, Jr., Library, North Carolina State University
    Saturday and Sunday April 14-15: What’s Out There Weekend, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill

    Visit https://tclf.org/leading-landscape-iv-north-carolinas-research-triangle for further information regarding the lineup of speakers, the schedule of events, registration information, and more.

  • Saturday, September 21, 8:00 am – Sunday, September 22, 5:00 pm – What’s Out There Weekend in the Berkshires

    The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s What’s Out There Weekend, scheduled for September 21 and 22, features free, expert-led tours at more than two-dozen significant examples of cultural landscapes in the Berkshires region, including important historical sites along the African American Heritage Trail, historic farmsteads and town commons, and iconic landscape design at places like Naumkeag and the Mount. The weekend also highlights the Berkshires’ golf history, with tee times at significant courses all over the region. The tours offer people opportunities to learn about landscape architecture and the design and cultural history of places they may pass every day but don’t necessarily know about. This event is coming to the Berkshires through a collaborative effort with Berkshire Synergy Project (BSP).

    Complete details can be found at http://tclf.org/event/wotw-berkshires, but below are a few of the optional tours scheduled to take place. Each participant is limited to five tours:

    Freight Yard Historic District

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/NORTH ADAMS
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:30am to Noon
    Guide: Judy Grinnell; Robert Campanile; Paul Marino; Justyna Carlson; Gene Carlson
    Meet: Western Gateway Heritage State Park, Building 5A, State Street, North Adams

    Bascom Lodge & Mt. Greylock

    N. BERKSHIRES/LANESBOROUGH
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:00 to 2pm
    Guide: Alec Gillman; Paul Dudek
    Meet: Summit of Mt. Greylock
    In front of Bascom Lodge, 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough

    Pittsfield Park Square

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00 to 11:30am
    Guide: Pittsfield Guide
    Meet: The Athenaeum Public Library
    1 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield

    Wahconah Ball Park

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, Noon to 1:00pm
    Guide: Jim McGrath
    Meet: 105 Wahconah Street, Pittsfield

    Hebert Arboretum, Springside Park

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:00 to 3:30pm
    Guide: Bob Presutti
    Meet: Elmhurst Parking Lot
    874 North Street, Pittsfield

    Hancock Shaker Village (Tour I)

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:00 to 3:00pm
    Guide: Todd Burdick; Lesley Herzberg
    Meet: Ticket Desk, 34 Lebanon Mountain Road, Pittsfield

    Ventfort Hall

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Tsaja Sprague
    Meet: Covered Driveway, 104 Walker Street, Lenox

    Tanglewood

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 11:30am to 12:30pm
    Guide: Tanglewood Staff
    Meet: Main Gate at Tanglewood, 297 West St, Lenox

    Tub Parade

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:15 to 2:15pm
    Guide: N/A
    Meet: Main Street, Lenox

    Ice Glen (pictured below)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 8:30 to 9:30am
    Guide: Jess Toro; Jim Murray
    Meet: End of Park Street, by the bridge

    Berkshire Botanical Garden

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Berkshire Botanical Garden Guides
    Meet: Visitor Center, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge

    Naumkeag (Tour I)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 11:00am to Noon
    Guide: Naumkeag Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

    Chesterwood

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 12:30 to 1:30pm
    Guide: Anne Cathcart
    Meet: Barn Gallery, Chesterwood
    4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge

    Bartholomew’s Cobble (Hawk Watch)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 11:00am to 1:00pm
    Guide: Rene Wendell
    Meet: Main Entrance, 105 Weatogue Rd
    Ashley Falls, Sheffield

    Bidwell House

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/MONTEREY
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:00 to 2:30pm
    Guide: Rob Hoogs
    Meet: 100 Art School Road, Monterey

    Ashintully Gardens (Tour I)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/TYRINGHAM
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:00 to 4:00pm
    Guide: Ashintully Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, Sodom Road, Tyringham

    Housatonic River Walk

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/GREAT BARRINGTON
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:00 to 4:00pm
    Guide: Rachel Fletcher; Will Conkin
    Meet: Du Bois River Garden Park
    Church & River Streets, Great Barrington

    W.E.B. Du Bois Historic Site

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/GREAT BARRINGTON
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 4:00 to 5:00pm
    Guide: Emily Oswald; Wray Gunn
    Meet: Parking Lot, 612 South Egremont Road, Great Barrington

    Hancock Shaker Village (Tour II)

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 2:00 to 3:00pm
    Guide: Todd Burdick; Lesley Herzberg
    Meet: Ticket Desk, 34 Lebanon Mountain Road, Pittsfield

    Jacob’s Pillow Dance

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/BECKET
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Jacob’s Pillow Staff
    Meet: Welcome Center, 358 George Carter Road, Becket

    Lee Town Park and Main Street

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LEE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 1:00 to 2:30pm
    Guide: Craig Okerstrom-Lang
    Meet: Lee Town Hall, 32 Main Street, Lee

    The Mount

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 3:00 to 4:30pm
    Guide: Tom Ingersoll
    Meet: Entry Court, The Mount
    2 Plunkett Street, Lenox

    Stockbridge Main Street

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Tom Daly
    Meet: Children’s Chimes Tower
    Village Green, Stockbridge

    Naumkeag (Tour II)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 11:00am to Noon
    Guide: Naumkeag Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

    Laurel Hill & Mary Flynn Trail-1

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 1:00 to 2:30pm
    Guide: Patricia Flinn
    Meet: Stockbridge Town Offices
    6 East Main Street, Stockbridge

    Lime Kiln Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 10:00am to Noon
    Guide: Rene Laubach
    Meet: Public Parking Area, Silver Street, Sheffield

    Bartholomew’s Cobble (Hike)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 11:00am to 1:00pm
    Guide: Bartholomew’s Cobble Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, 105 Weatogue Road, Ashley Falls, Sheffield

    Ashintully Gardens (Tour II)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/TYRINGHAM
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 11:00am to Noon
    Guide: Ashintully Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, Sodom Road, Tyringham

    Gould Farm

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 1:00 to 3:00pm
    Guide: Robert Rausch
    Meet: Harvest Barn, 54 Gould Road, Monterey

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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.