News Release: 1/16/2019
January 16, 2019
Designer, Author Roy Diblik to Offer Conference “Intimacy by Design: Exploring the Relationship of Plants and People”
Second annual “Create Beauty Design Conference” to celebrate the cultivation of beauty, sustainability and biodiversity for residential and community outdoor spaces, February 22-23, 2019
Special Film Screening: Public invited to enjoy Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
LONGMONT, CO – “Create Beauty Design Conference” – the region’s premiere conference exploring the intersection of beauty, sustainability and biodiversity for outdoor spaces–will be held February 22-23, 2018 and will feature renowned designer and author Roy Diblik. Tickets are available for purchase at www.treeoflifelandscapes.com/create-beauty-conference.
The second annual Create Beauty Design Conference, an open to the community event produced by Tree of Life Landscapes, will be held at the Longmont Museum and is headlined by a discussion with Diblik on the subject of “Intimacy by Design: Exploring the Relationship of Plants and People.”
“We could not be more pleased to have Roy bring his wealth of knowledge to the Create Beauty Conference in February,” said Johnny Moore, Tree of Life designer and conference director. “The conference this year will be a great community event – whether you are learning the basics of how to use plants in your backyard or you are a seasoned professional with years of design or installation experience; there will be something for everyone.”
The two days of festivities will kickoff at 7:00 p.m., February 22 with a screening of the film Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf at the Academy Boulder at 970 Aurora Ave., Boulder, CO. Five Seasons is an exploration of the gardens and approach taken by contemporary Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf, best known for his work on the High Line in New York City as well as at Millennium Park in Chicago. The trailer for Five Seasons is available here.
The following day the conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Conference attendees will hear Diblik draw from four decades of experience growing perennials as he discusses the intimate relationships between plants, design, and people as well as discuss his own design process; from planting and mulching to maintaining sustainable growth. Diblik is known for work on at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Shed Aquarium and his partnership with Piet Oudolf. Diblik is the owner of Northwind Perennial Farm and author of The Know Maintenance Garden.
Other speakers include Denver Botanic Gardens horticulturalist, Kevin Williams, discussing matrix seed mix planting techniques to create self-sustaining, hyper-naturalistic landscapes.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Day 1: February 22 2019
The Academy Boulder
970 Aurora Ave., Boulder, CO.
7:30PM Registration
8:00PM Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
WATCH TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/81833686
Day 2: February 23, 2019
400 Quail Rd.
Longmont, CO.
8:30AM Registration
9:00AM Welcome
9:15 AM Designing Perennial Plantings – Roy Diblik
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Relationships of Good Design: How Plants are Made for Community
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM No Vestige of a Beginning, No Prospect of an End: Designing and
Living with Others in The Garden – Kevin Williams
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM A Study in Process: Designs from Chicago and Afar – Roy Diblik
4:00 PM Closing
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For questions, contact Johnny Moore and Tree of Life Landscapes at johnny@treeoflifelandscapes.com or 303-246-6946.
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ABOUT ROY DIBLIK:
Roy is co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm located in Burlington, Wisconsin. He has been growing traditional and native perennials since 1978. His garden designs emphasize plant relationships to stewardship strategies and costs. Roy’s design and planting projects include the Louis Sullivan Arch Garden for the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago and the lakeside plantings for the new Oceanarium at the Shedd Aquarium. His book “The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden” highlights his perennial gardening practice.
ABOUT TREE OF LIFE LANDSCAPES:
A love of beauty, native Colorado plants, and good design inspired Mark and Emily Maeda to found Tree of Life Landscapes in 1998 in Mead, Colo.. Their design aesthetic draws upon the landscapes that they have seen around them as Colorado natives. An ethical imperative inspires this aesthetic as well: design with native and well-adapted plants that thrive year-round in Colorado’s extremes while staying attuned to water conservation. The result means sustainable landscape designs that are imbued with practicality and beauty. For more information, visit www.treeoflifelandscapes.com/about.
Contact
Johnny Moore, Tree of Life Landscapes
303-246-6946
johnny@treeoflifelandscapes.com
Second annual “Create Beauty Design Conference” to celebrate the cultivation of beauty, sustainability and biodiversity for residential and community outdoor spaces, February 22-23, 2019
Special Film Screening: Public invited to enjoy Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
LONGMONT, CO – “Create Beauty Design Conference” – the region’s premiere conference exploring the intersection of beauty, sustainability and biodiversity for outdoor spaces–will be held February 22-23, 2018 and will feature renowned designer and author Roy Diblik. Tickets are available for purchase at www.treeoflifelandscapes.com/create-beauty-conference.
The second annual Create Beauty Design Conference, an open to the community event produced by Tree of Life Landscapes, will be held at the Longmont Museum and is headlined by a discussion with Diblik on the subject of “Intimacy by Design: Exploring the Relationship of Plants and People.”
“We could not be more pleased to have Roy bring his wealth of knowledge to the Create Beauty Conference in February,” said Johnny Moore, Tree of Life designer and conference director. “The conference this year will be a great community event – whether you are learning the basics of how to use plants in your backyard or you are a seasoned professional with years of design or installation experience; there will be something for everyone.”
The two days of festivities will kickoff at 7:00 p.m., February 22 with a screening of the film Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf at the Academy Boulder at 970 Aurora Ave., Boulder, CO. Five Seasons is an exploration of the gardens and approach taken by contemporary Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf, best known for his work on the High Line in New York City as well as at Millennium Park in Chicago. The trailer for Five Seasons is available here.
The following day the conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Conference attendees will hear Diblik draw from four decades of experience growing perennials as he discusses the intimate relationships between plants, design, and people as well as discuss his own design process; from planting and mulching to maintaining sustainable growth. Diblik is known for work on at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Shed Aquarium and his partnership with Piet Oudolf. Diblik is the owner of Northwind Perennial Farm and author of The Know Maintenance Garden.
Other speakers include Denver Botanic Gardens horticulturalist, Kevin Williams, discussing matrix seed mix planting techniques to create self-sustaining, hyper-naturalistic landscapes.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Day 1: February 22 2019
The Academy Boulder
970 Aurora Ave., Boulder, CO.
7:30PM Registration
8:00PM Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
WATCH TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/81833686
Day 2: February 23, 2019
400 Quail Rd.
Longmont, CO.
8:30AM Registration
9:00AM Welcome
9:15 AM Designing Perennial Plantings – Roy Diblik
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Relationships of Good Design: How Plants are Made for Community
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM No Vestige of a Beginning, No Prospect of an End: Designing and
Living with Others in The Garden – Kevin Williams
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM A Study in Process: Designs from Chicago and Afar – Roy Diblik
4:00 PM Closing
…
For questions, contact Johnny Moore and Tree of Life Landscapes at johnny@treeoflifelandscapes.com or 303-246-6946.
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ABOUT ROY DIBLIK:
Roy is co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm located in Burlington, Wisconsin. He has been growing traditional and native perennials since 1978. His garden designs emphasize plant relationships to stewardship strategies and costs. Roy’s design and planting projects include the Louis Sullivan Arch Garden for the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago and the lakeside plantings for the new Oceanarium at the Shedd Aquarium. His book “The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden” highlights his perennial gardening practice.
ABOUT TREE OF LIFE LANDSCAPES:
A love of beauty, native Colorado plants, and good design inspired Mark and Emily Maeda to found Tree of Life Landscapes in 1998 in Mead, Colo.. Their design aesthetic draws upon the landscapes that they have seen around them as Colorado natives. An ethical imperative inspires this aesthetic as well: design with native and well-adapted plants that thrive year-round in Colorado’s extremes while staying attuned to water conservation. The result means sustainable landscape designs that are imbued with practicality and beauty. For more information, visit www.treeoflifelandscapes.com/about.
Contact
Johnny Moore, Tree of Life Landscapes
303-246-6946
johnny@treeoflifelandscapes.com
Contact:
Johnny Moore IV, Designer, Conference Coordinator
johnny@treeoflifelandscapes.com, (303) 246-6946
