BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:What is the heritage of natural design for landscapes in this area and how has this related to restoration of natural areas? \; W hat was the impact of east-coast designer Warren Manning who visited her e annually from 1896 to 1935? \; How did Middle Campus get its ring road? \;\n \;\nThese and more questions will be addressed on Sun day\, June 17 at 3 pm\, Meyer Auditorium\, Hotchkiss Hall\, Middle Campu s\, when a panel of distinguished authors will join Archivist and Librar ian for Special Collections Arthur Miller and English Prof. Ben Goluboff for a discussion and tour of a campus natural landscape. \; The dis tinguished guests are all related to the Library of American Landscape H istory (LALH)\, Amherst\, MA: two authors of new books published by LALH and the organization&rsquo\;s director\, Robin Karson. \; The panel discussion will be followed by a tour of nearby Shooting Star Savanna\, led by Goluboff. \; The afternoon will conclude with a reception at Glen Rowan\, nearby\, with its newly restored and awarded terrace and r eflecting pool\, supervised by Craig Bergmann and working with Fernando Masonry. The terrace overlooks the restored ravine edge at Glen Rowan.&n bsp\; To attend this free program\, please r.s.v.p. by June 14 to Arthur Miller\, amiller@lakeforest.edu and 847-735-5064. \;\n \;\nThe two featured visiting authors are Christopher Vernon speaking about his new book\, Graceland Cemetery: A Design History\, and Robert Grese\, spe aking about his new book\, The Native Landscape Reader.  \; \;Ro bin Karson will discuss the LALH&rsquo\;s current project to document th e design work of pioneer landscape architect Warren Manning\, Brookline\ , MA\, who visited Lake Forest for forty springs\, 1896-1935\, while eng aged in developing Walden\, the estate of Cyrus McCormick II and his spo use\, Harriet Hammond McCormick\, who studied botany at the College in t he summer of 1895. \; Manning also created a design for the campus\, 1897\, envisioning the circular drive around Middle Campus to highlight the remarkable ravines. \; Benjamin Goluboff \; has written abo ut &ldquo\;The Campus as Natural Site&rdquo\; in Lake Forest College: a Guide to the Campus (2007). \;\n \;\nThe authors will be availab le to sign copies of their books at the reception following the brief to ur. \; Also\, copies of View (2011)\, the annual of LALH and contain ing an article by Miller on Manning&rsquo\;s design for the campus\, wil l be available free of charge while supplies last. \;  \; \; \n \;\nThe guest authors are widely published and their previous boo ks have been resources for local preservation and restoration effort.&nb sp\; Christopher Vernon\, Associate Professor at the University of Weste rn Australia\, also is the editor of the republished 1915 The Prairie Sp irit in Landscape Gardening by Wilhelm Miller (including a photograph of Manning&rsquo\;s Walden). \; Grese&rsquo\;s books too have been of wide interest locally\, where his 1991 biography of Jens Jensen has deta iled about forty Lake Forest area design projects. \; His 2000 editi on for LALH of O. C. Simonds&rsquo\; Landscape Design also is well-known locally. Robin Karson has published two important studies of landscape architects who practiced in Lake Forest. \; The first is a study of Gwin\, an estate at Cleveland by Charles A. Platt (Villa Turicum) and Wa rren Manning and also one on Fletcher Steele (Schweppe\, Pike and Bentle y estates all on the lake). \; Both books have been republished in n ew editions recently. \; \;\n \;\nIn his article on the camp us as a natural site Professor Goluboff has described the restoration of the Shooting Star Savanna on the ravine edge north of Hotchkiss Hall.&n bsp\; Now after more than a decade of annual burns of the native grasses \, many dormant species of wild flowers embedded in the deep soil have r easserted themselves\, some very rare. Archivist Miller&rsquo\;s article details how Manning came to work on the campus at the outset of a major building phase in the late 1890s\, and how his vision for a loop drive around the ravines on Middle Campus finally was fulfilled a half century later. \;\n \;\nThe project to restore the ravine edge at Glen Rowan was undertaken by trustee Dennis Nyren &rsquo\;72 in 2000\, under the guidance of landscape architect P. Clifford Miller\, who also oversa w the work on Shooting Star Savanna. \; Lake Forest Garden Club memb er Carol Blomquist led in calling attention to the need to restore the 1 909 Glen Rowan terrace\, with Faye Kelly\, director of events for the Co llege. \; Craig Bergmann stepped forward to donate the design and se asonal plantings and he drew in Fernando Masonry\, Lake Bluff\, who dona ted much of his work to reconstructing the reflecting pool\, replacing t he 1909 electric motor and pump for the fountain\, and restoring the scu lptures. Major funding was provided by the Lake Forest Garden Club\, the College\, and other donors. \; In May this project was recognized w ith an award by the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation and has been fea tured in two newsletters mailed to the entire Lake Forest community sinc e last fall. \;  \;  \; \; URL:http://lakeforest.patch.com/events/a-program-on-natural-traditions-in -natural-landscape-design SUMMARY:A Program on Natural Traditions in Natural Landscape Design LOCATION:Lake Forest College: 555 N Sheridan Rd\, Lake Forest\, IL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR