Earth Equity and Design for Freedom | Landscapes Forum

Join us for an     all-day event hosted by Grace Farms Foundation at Grace Farms in New Canaan, in partnership with ASLA Connecticut and Edwina von Gal, EastHampton-based landscape designer and founder of the Perfect Earth Project.

This program will     feature panels, tours, walks, lunch and breakout discussions with tools for establishing a new paradigm to create biodiversity-positive, nature-based     solutions in our landscapes, installed with sustainable materials free of forced labor and child labor.

Date: May 26, 2022 | 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Venue: Grace Farms (New Canaan, CT)

Tickets: $50 | members: $40

Registration: gracefarms.org

Highlights include:

· Joy Harjo, 23rd United States Poet Laureate and first native person     to hold that position, will open the Landscapes Forum at Grace Farms with a     recorded poem and reflection.

· Engage in a panel about the ethical role of landscape architecture and landscape     design with Louis Fusco, Louis     Fusco Landscape Architects, Jennifer Reut, Editor-in-Chief     of Landscape     Architecture Magazine, Sierra Bainbridge of MASS  Design Group, 2022     AIA Architecture Firm of the Year, Tamar Warburg of Sasaki, Richard Roark of OLIN, and more.

· Join guided walking tours with principals of OLIN Studio, winner of the 2022 AIA Architecture Award, and landscape architects of Grace Farms.

· Hear from Warrie Price, Founder and President of The Battery Conservancy, Paul Tukey, award-winning journalist     and Chief Sustainability Officer for Glenstone     Museum, and Rebecca McMackin, Director of Horticulture     for Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Penn Marchael, Founder of Pennington Grey, about the role of public gardens, managers, and gardeners.

· Learn about forced labor associated with common material choices in the built environment from Gabe Guilliams, Principal for BuroHappold,     Luciana Varkulja, Architect and Urban Designer from São Paulo, Stony Creek Quarry, and others.

· Hear from speakers including James and Hayes Slade, of Slade Architecture, and others.

· Close with a garden tea in the orchard of our SANAA-designed Plaza.

LA CES and APLD     credits pending.