Shaping American Landscapes: Jens Jensen and the Prairie Spirit
Speaker:
William Tishler
13 Jun 2012
7:00 PM
Garden Room, Reiman Gardens
William Tishler has been involved in the design and planning of the Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park at The Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn, Iowa, and is emeritus professor of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin. He is the editor of Midwestern Landscape Architecture. This program is presented in partnership with The Danish Immigrant Museum, which this year will be exploring the life, career, and ongoing legacy of landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951).
Beginning this spring, the Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park will start to take shape throughout the museum’s thirty-acre property. Inside the museum galleries, the exhibition Jens Jensen: Celebrating the Native Prairie will introduce Jens Jensen as a pioneer of landscape design in America, an advocate for using native plants in parks and gardens, and a passionate believer in the power of nature to inspire human creativity. The programs and exhibition are supported by a grant from Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities.