The Garden Metropolis
at the New York School of Interior Design

Cosponsored by Garden Design magazine


As our cities continually expand and develop at a fast pace, the interaction of people and plants assumes a narrowly focused but essential interplay. This one-day seminar will showcase the strong design and thoughtful planning currently transforming our urban green spaces - from the smallest rooftop to ambitious new park proposals - and demonstrate how they will meet the everyday experience of those who live in and around the city. Garden writer and editor Stephen Orr has invited the experts responsible for many of these lively spaces to share their ideas about how people of all backgrounds experience nature on an everyday basis, in the form of leafy historic parks, secluded private Edens,and even the shade trees that line New York City sidewalks. Their topics will range from visionary, broad-scale urban planning to hands-in-the-dirt community activism each in its own way celebrating the beauty and transformative power of nature.

The Garden Conservancy is proud to have collaborated with Stephen Orr to develop this program and look forward to gathering our New York area members and friends together for annual seminars offering insight and information about gardens and their role in today's world.

SPEAKERS:

Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, authors of Garden Guide: New York City

Robert Hammond, co-founder, Friends of the High Line

Paula Hayes, artist and garden designer

Jenny Dixon, director of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

Fiona Watt, Chief of Forestry and Horticulture for New York City

Majora Carter, urban renewal expert and founder of Sustainable South Bronx

Len Jenshel and Diane Cook, fine-art photographers

Click here to read more about the speakers.

Registration fee: $135 for non-members; $120 for members of the Garden Conservancy and New York School of Interior Design students. Seating is limited, so please register early.

Registration fee includes morning coffee and a box lunch.

REGISTER ONLINE
or Download a registration form

Seating is limited, please register early to secure your place. Confirmation and more detailed information will be sent by mail. Cancellation policy: refund requests must be made by October 30, 2008.

Make your check payable to The Garden Conservancy and mail to:

The Garden Conservancy
P.O. Box 219
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Lunch will be served in the New York School of Interior Design Café, and the day will conclude with tea and cookies. Relevant books will be available in the school's bookstore.

For more information, please call (845) 265-2029.