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FREE PUBLIC LECTURE

Focus on the Garden with Topher Delaney

Throughout history, people have looked to the garden—the physical places and imagined realms—for serenity and protection from the chaotic world. Gardens may be as distant as paradise or as close as our own backyards, but through their imagining, creation, and care we create meaning and sustain our humanity. For this series of free public lectures we asked leading Bay Area thinkers and designers to share with us their thoughts on what motivates and informs their concept of the garden. Whether as viewed as an art form, a sanctuary, or an expression of an ethical point of view, gardens are a gauge for the health of our culture. Come and join us for what promises to be a lively series of presentations.

Through this lecture and the companion course, Value: The Exploration of Cultural and Spiritual Meaning in Landscape Architecture, Topher Delaney will explore the cultural and spiritual meanings inherent in landscape design critical, conceptual, and philosophical ideals that guide our understanding of gardens and landscape. Her work examines the fundamental concepts of history, aesthetics, and the spiritual and political.

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Thurs. Sept. 24, San Francisco

Revised class schedule in red.

• 1 meeting
• Sept. 24: Thurs., 5:30-6:30 pm
• San Francisco: Room 204, Art and Design Center, 95 Third St.
• No fee (EDP 021733)

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