The Garden Education Center of Greenwich (GEC) presents Susan Cohen discussing her book The Inspired Landscape: Twenty-one Leading Landscape Architects Explore the Creative Process, along with a slide presentation on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m.
In her book, Cohen reveals the sources of inspiration that led to designs by outstanding landscape architects working today in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Israel, China and Japan. Among the diverse projects she will discuss are: a museum roof garden in New York City inspired by a French film made in the 1950s, a drought-resistant landscape in California inspired by a Van Gogh painting, a campus plaza in Israel inspired by desert wadis, a country garden in England inspired by a Renaissance Italian villa, and a modern Shinto shrine garden in Japan inspired by centuries-old traditions.
A long-time volunteer in Greenwich, and a recipient of the YWCA BRAVA award, Cohen founded the annual Shakespeare Competition for high school students, co-founded the Greenwich Arts Center and served for 18 years on the Town’s Architectural Review Committee.
GEC is located at 130 Bible Street, Cos Cob. The program fee is $35 for members and $45 for non-members. Pre-registration required. To register for this program, visit GECGreenwich.org or call 203-869-9242.
