Re-imagining an Urban Woodland Garden: A Lens on Dumbarton Oaks Park

This is a 2-day event sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks Park & GW’s Sustainable Landscapes Program

The Power of Urban Nature: How Great Urban Planting Enriches Lives

Friday April 13, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
GW Media & Public Affairs Building
805 21st Street NW, B07
Washington, DC

Claudia West, nationally-known expert in ecological planting design, will discuss opportunities for evocative planting that inspires and reconnects people with nature. Join us as we explore how to give urban planting the spirit, beauty and resiliency of natural landscape archetypes. Be inspired by shining examples of great urban planting and leave with a toolbox full of new skills.

Reception following with book-signing

Dumbarton Oaks Park: Site Visit with Claudia West and Liza Gilbert

Saturday April 14, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Meet at the top of Lovers’ Lane, approximately 3060 R Street, NW,
Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Join Claudia West and landscape architect Liza Gilbert for a hands-on tour of Dumbarton Oaks Park. The collaborative dialogue will reveal the creative process of revitalizing this Urban Woodland Garden designed by Beatrix Farrand while engaging participants in field-based master planning.

Coffee and lunch provided

CBLP CEUs are available.