The Landscape of Home at Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden

Thu, Sep 26, 2024
6:00 PM- 8:00 PM

The partners of Hollander Design explore the idea of home as the natural surroundings that people live in; a place of living, changing beauty, and joy, where family and friends gather to create a lifetime of memories. Based on the new book, The Landscape of Home, the discussion will focus on the firm’s work, process, and how they create a rich diversity of landscapes for homes, from country estates to rooftop gardens. They will discuss essential elements in the firm’s work; the importance of the procession of entry to a house, as well as its context in the landscape; the positioning of plant life and trees; the way people move into and through a property; and the way a garden looks and changes through the seasons.

Within each project are a striking variety of components — outdoor rooms for living and lounging, including ocean-side hearths, infinity pools, and verdant dining spaces, as well as pollinator gardens, naturalistic meadows, and tranquil allées. The talk features exceptional photography that captures moments large and small, from views of winding pathways to a vine-covered arbor and butterfly gardens at dawn.

DATE AND TIME
Thursday, September 26
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

LOCATION
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, MO

About the Speakers

Geoff Valentino is the director of Hollander Design’s Chicago office. With twenty years of experience in landscape architecture, Geoff leads his team in a wide variety of projects, from large-scale estates and civic campuses to intimate rooftop gardens and urban parks. Since joining the firm in 2011, Geoff has played an integral role in the firm’s growth. Under his direction, the Chicago studio has both residential and commercial projects in nearly every geography covered by the firm, from across the continental United States to the Caribbean, Europe, and China.

Stephen Eich leads Hollander Design’s Urban Studio, which oversees the design, development, and construction of the firm’s city-based projects ranging in type and scale from residential terraces to corporate headquarters and public plazas. Since joining the firm in 2010, Stephen has overseen design and management of some of the firm’s most highly publicized and notable projects in New York City and abroad. Recent award-winning projects include 11 Hoyt Street, a residential tower and public plaza in Downtown Brooklyn, and the luxury residences at The Belnord, which won accolades from Architectural Digest and a Stanford White Award from the ICAA.

The Garden Conservancy educational programs are made possible in part by the Coleman and Susan Burke Distinguished Lecture Fund, Courtnay and Terrence Daniels, the Lenhardt Education Fund, and Susan and William McKinley.

Additional support is provided by The Celia Hegyi Matching Challenge Grant,
Mrs. Ritchie Battle, the Antonia Breck Fund, Camille Butrus, Michelle and Perry Griffith,
Rise S. Johnson, The Krehbiel Family Foundation, Sleepy Cat Farm Foundation, and
John S. Troy, FASLA.