Gardens that Re-Make Themselves:
A discourse on regeneration, sustainability, and preservation

Cosponsored by
Pacific Horticulture, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic garden, MONROVIA GROWERS, and GARDEN DESIGN Magazine.

Who’s Speaking?
Architects: William Fain/Ron Radziner
Garden Designers: Mayita Dinos/Pamela Berstler
Garden Writer: Stephen Orr
Landscape Historian: Ann Scheid
Landscape Architects: Mia Lehrer /Jacob Petersen /Ken Smith/Thomas Woltz

This is the Seventh Seminar and Study Tour in the landscape design
and history series: Gardens to Match Your Architecture

The seminar presentations will run the gamut of new public and residential landscapes to mature residential gardens that have withstood the test of time and are deserving of continuing preservation. Special focus will be given to the regeneration of the Los Angeles River watershed and adjacent Los Angeles State Historic Park (affectionately known as The Cornfields), a new park in the heart of downtown that celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of Los Angeles. The seminar and tour will also include a look at historical gardens along the Pasadena portion of the Arroyo Seco. The study tour will begin at the architecture and planning firm, JohnsonFain, on a downtown site historically linked to the Los Angeles River and continue to Pasadena along the Arroyo Seco.

Seminar: Friday, February 27, 2009; 8:30 am to 6 pm
Ayres Hall, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia

Study Tour: Saturday, February 28, 8 am to 6 pm
Tour begins with a visit to The Cornfields in Downtown Los Angeles and continues to private gardens in Pasadena.

Click here to see the preliminary seminar program and study tour itinerary

Registration

Fee for both Seminar & Study Tour (includes lunches/tour bus):
Register early to assure your seat on the bus!
$270 Garden Conservancy/Arboretum members
$285 Pacific Horticulture subscribers
$300 general admission


Tickets for Seminar Only (includes lunch):
Subject to availability.
$135 Garden Conservancy/Arboretum members
$145 Pacific Horticulture subscribers
$155 general admission

CEU credits from APLD pending. Special seminar bookstore by The Arboretum Bookstore.

Register Online, or
Download Registration Form, or
call 415/441-4300, or email the west coast office

Preview of Speakers:

Pamela Berstler, garden designer, Los Angeles, CA

Mayita Dinos, garden designer, Century City, CA

William Fain, architect, Johnson Fain, Los Angeles, CA

Jim Henrich, senior biologist, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, CA

Mia Lehrer, landscape architect, Mia Lehrer + Associates, Los Angeles, CA

Stephen Orr, garden writer, Domino magazine/New York Times feature writer, New York, NY

Jacob Petersen, landscape architect, Hargreaves Associates, San Francisco, CA

Ron Radziner, architect, Marmol Radziner & Associates: architecture, construction and landscape, Los Angeles, CA

Ann Scheid, landscape historian, Huntington Botanical Garden, San Marino, CA

Ken Smith, landscape architect, Ken Smith Workshop, New York, NY

Thomas Woltz, landscape architect, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, Charlottesville, VA

Logistics:
Directions to Los Angeles County Arboretum
301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007
Click here for map

Suggested Lodging

Embassy Suites: 211 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006
Tel: 626-445-8525 / Fax: 626-445-8548
General Manger: Gregory Case

Hampton Inn: 311 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006
Tel: 626-574-5600 / Fax: 626-446-2748
General Manager: Earl Diaz-Queron

Interested in other events at the
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden?
See their winter calendar