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Plant Driven Design

November 7th, 2008

Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden, horticulturists/garden designers from Denver/Austin, put plants first to make landscapes worthy of the name "garden." Their new book, Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit (Timber Press), lays out concepts and practices that empower gardeners to design and designers to plant. Santa Barbara landscape architect Susan Van Atta creates flower gardens and habitat gardens that rely on California native plants—the subject of her new book from Gibbs Smith (Spring 2009). Monterey landscape designer Bernard Trainor takes his inspiration from nature, art, music, and architecture—looking outside the garden for planting and design creativity (Pacific Horticulture, July 2008, p.40).

Book Cover Photo by Lauren Springer Ogden

Seminar: Friday, November 7, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Civic Arts Education Building in Walnut Creek and The Ruth Bancroft Garden.

Study Tour: Saturday, November 8, 8:30 am to 6 pm

Fee for both days
$155 Garden Conservancy/RBG members
$175 Pacific Horticulture subscribers
$195 general admission

Single tickets for Friday only (subject to availability)
$90/$100/$110

CEU credits from APLD pending.

This program is sponsored by The Garden Conservancy & The Ruth Bancroft Garden, and cosponsored by Pacific Horticulture.

For more information, email wcproggardenconservancy.org
or call 415-561-7895

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