Outdoor Living TALKS
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THE THOUGHTFUL GARDENER
Guest Speaker: Jinny Blom, landscape designer
Chair: Steele Marcoux, editor of Veranda
Award-winning landscape designer Jinny Blom works on both public and private projects, gently pushing the boundaries of creative and intelligent design. She has designed five RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens, including ones for HRH The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry. What defines her work is her skill with planting and her ability to create a garden that is tailored to its environment. From romantic and naturalistic to more formal, styles may change but principles remain the same. Get insider insights into her creative process and why commissioning a landscape is no different to commissioning a work of art or piece of music.
*Presented in partnership with Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, The Horticultural Society of New York and The New York Design Center
THE WELL-GARDENED MIND
Guest speakers: Sue Stuart-Smith, psychiatrist and psychotherapist and Tom Stuart-Smith, landscape architect
Chair: Steele Marcoux, editor, Veranda
In the fast pace of modern living, with its smart technology and instant feedback, have we become disconnected from nature? Informed by neuroscience and psychoanalysis, this insightful session investigates the magic that many gardeners have known for years – the remarkable therapeutic benefits that tending plants can bring. Discover how the joy of gardening can radically transform health, well-being and confidence, and why access to green space at home and for our communities in the current climate has never been more important.
*Presented in partnership with Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, The Horticultural Society of New York and The New York Design Center
KLC SCHOOL OF DESIGN PRESENTS: CREATING A THERAPEUTIC GARDEN
Guest speakers: Humaira Ikram of Studio Ikram, Matt Childs of Matthew Childs Design and Daniel Lobb, Lobb Studio
Join three successful garden as they discuss the importance of healing gardens. They will share what they believe makes a garden therapeutic, what to consider when designing and creating one, and the transformative role they play in mood, wellbeing and mental health. Expect plenty of inspiration and tips that you can apply to your own outdoor spaces.
KLC PRESENTS THE OUTSIDE STORY: THE GARDEN…MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY FACE
Guest speakers: Matt Childs of Matthew Childs Design and Humaira Ikram of Studio Ikram and KLC garden diploma course leader
Join two award winning garden designers as they passionately discuss the importance and potential of gardens in being a valuable ingredient in helping to overcome many of the problems facing people in the modern world. They will explore how people, climate change, sustainability and biodiversity all need to be taken into consideration when designing gardens today. Find out how gardens are a multi-faceted spaces with potential to be much more than just a gorgeous picture.
VIEW FROM THE VERANDA WITH NIEVERA WILLIAMS
Guest speakers: Keith Williams and Mario Nievera of Nievera Williams
Chair: Steele Marcoux, editor of Veranda
Join Steele Marcoux, Veranda magazine editor in chief for a lively conversation with Keith Williams and Mario Nievera of leading landscape architectural firm Nievera Williams. Together they will discuss what outdoor living means today, how open-air spaces can be used for gathering or as a much-needed escape, and what lies ahead for the future of landscape and garden design.
*Presented in partnership with Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, The Horticultural Society of New York and The New York Design Center
