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Garden Spark: Christine Ten Eyck talk
Christine Ten Eyck presents Harsh Beauty: Designing Landscapes for Drought and Flood
Description: The quest for beauty and meaning will be explored through Christine Ten Eycks residential landscaping projects in arid environments that are also subject to flooding rains and freezing temperatures. Working with neglected spaces like driveways and lawns and within the constraints of low budgets, Christine shares the challenges and rewards of creating everyday, memorable places that connect urban dwellers with nature, their region, and each other.
Shell show how to turn driveways and other forgotten, underutilized spaces into ecologically rich places that work within the existing watershed, in which the path of water can spiritually and psychologically enrich a landscaping project. Shell share examples of how your (or your clients) cultural background can inspire a project design, and she'll explore techniques for creating sensory rich, restorative environments for residential living that enhance human and environmental health.
Includes: A 1-hour presentation and Q&A with Christine. Meet-and-greet and refreshments available after the talk.
Speaker Bio: Landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck is founding principal of Ten Eyck Landscape Architects based in Austin and previously in Phoenix. During her career of over 36 years, including 21 years at her own firm, Christine has drawn upon her intuition and knowledge to build a body of work that celebrates the inherent beauty of the Southwest, the culture of its people, and the sacred path of water, pioneering contemporary regionalism in the Southwest. Her work illustrates the capacity for place-based landscape architecture to address pressing global issues such as climate, habitat, and water quality protection, while also creating restorative outdoor environments that are infused with natural beauty, encourage social interaction, and foster human healing.
Committed to advancing both landscape architectural practice and education, Christine has lectured at various conferences and institutions, including Stanford University; Universities of Georgia, Arizona, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania; and Arizona State University. She was the keynote speaker for the 2013 Washington State ASLA Conference and presented at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects in 2011 and most recently at the 2016 conference Paisajismo en zonas aridas in Santiago, Chile.
GARDEN SPARK is a speaker series on garden design, open by invitation (email gardensparktalks@gmail.com to get on the list) and hosted in northwest Austin 78759.
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LocationDuo Works (View)
8920 Business Park Dr #250
Austin, TX 78759
United States
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| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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