Wednesday, November 20, 2024 — 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sculpture and photo by Todd Gilens.
Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 pm
Speaker: Todd Gilens
Location: Don Tatzin Community Hall at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
Small urban gardens can contribute to restoring natural systems and species populations. But how can we think about the complexities of human agency, urban ecology, and personal taste? Using examples from gardens and wilderness areas, art and design, this presentation will explore sources of design in relation to nature. The focus will be on the cultural aspect of design rather than the science of restoration ecology, and on the intimate rewards and challenges of small private gardens.
Todd Gilens is a garden designer and visual artist based in the Bay Area since 2002. He has worked in commercial landscape architecture offices and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the ecology of design at the Academy of Art University, and he occasionally leads field classes in poetry and photography for the Point Reyes National Seashore Association and the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel. He holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Harvard University and lives in Richmond, California. toddgilens.com/gardendesign
CNPS East Bay Chapter meetings are free of charge and open to everyone. We provide light
refreshments at our in-person meetings.
Meeting Location
Don Tatzin Community Hall at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549
The Community Hall is on the corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd and First Street, and the entrance to the hall is opposite the main entrance to the library.
Via BART: 0.6 mile from the Lafayette BART station
Free Parking Options
Parking garage beneath library building (accessed from Golden Gate Way)
Lot on Mt. Diablo Blvd immediately south of library building
Lot on Golden Gate Way across from rear of library building
Surrounding streets
—Sue Rosenthal, Programs Committee, CNPS East Bay Chapter
November 2024
