By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer
The next Garden Conservancy seminar on landscape design and its history takes place in Los Angeles on February 27-28. The location is the Ayres Hall at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in Arcadia.
Gardens that Re-Make Themselves: a discourse on regeneration, sustainability, and preservation is the topic. The seminar presentations on the 27th will cover both residential and public landscapes with special attention to the Los Angeles State Historic Park, a new park in the heart of downtown that celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of Los Angeles.
There's an impressive list of speakers lined up including Stephen Orr, garden writer (Domino magazine and New York Times ); Virginia-based landscape architect Thomas Woltz of the firm Nelson, Byrd, Woltz; Ron Radziner of the LA design firm Marmol Radziner; Mia Lehrer of Mia Lehrer & Associates, Culver City garden designer Mayita Dinos, and Ken Smith from the New York firm Ken Smith Workshop.
The optional tour on the 28th includes a visit to the Los Angeles State Historic Park as well as to some private and public gardens in the Pasadena area.
General admission tickets for the seminar are $155. The fee for both the seminar and study tour is $300. (Garden Conservancy, Arboretum members, or Pacific Horticulture subscribers get discounts.
You can enroll on line or call 415/441-4300.
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Another Garden Conservancy seminar of note:
April 3-4, The Influence of China on West Coast Gardens, at The Presidio in San Francisco. Read more about it here.
