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Up next: Landfill to Landscape
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November
Saturday, November 27th, 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM (PDT)
Landfill to Landscape in Altadena, CA
Hands-on Hugelkultur WorkshopJoin Regenerative Garden Designers Leigh Adams and Shawn Maestretti for a hands-on opportunity to learn how to build a Hugelkultur berm to retain moisture, build healthy soil, grow a healthy garden, and support community. Come experience Studio Petrichor’s Landfill to Landscape workshop so you can share these easy and accessible practices in your community. All proceeds will go to our budding not-for-profit organization, Poly/Ana, where our mission is to educate communities as agents of change to honor and protect natural living systems.
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January
Saturday, January 8th, 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM (PDT)
Four-Part Mindful Garden Design
With Shawn Maestretti, By Theodore Payne FoundationEver wonder how to be more conscious in your garden design, implementation and relationship? Consider a more mindful, regenerative approach. Join landscape architect, contractor, arborist and climate activist Shawn Maestretti for a four part garden design course at Theodore Payne Foundation for an in depth journey through regenerative concepts and practices. Students will learn the principles and elements of design, how to capture rainwater, nurture living soil, design with native and climate-appropriate plants, repurpose materials, reduce your carbon footprint, implement permaculture techniques to reduce green waste, and much more.
Monday, January 24th, 7:00 PM (PDT)
Regenerative Landscapes and Climate Adaptation
With Shawn Maestretti & Leigh Adams, By Glendale Environmental Coalition and the Verdugo Hills Group of the Sierra ClubRegenerative Landscapes and Climate Adaptation draws upon Nature’s processes to highlight the growing climate crisis, bringing solutions to the surface and empowering communities to protect natural, living systems. Embracing real-life solutions, accessible to homeowners, garden enthusiasts, communities, municipalities and landscape professionals, Shawn Maestretti and Leigh Adams of Studio Petrichor bring this timely and informative presentation to engage the audience and provide a blueprint for inspired actions.
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February
Modernism Week 2022: Saturday February 19th, 2022, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT)
Regenerative Landscapes and Climate Adaptation
With Shawn Maestretti & Leigh AdamsRegenerative Landscapes and Climate Adaptation draws upon Nature’s processes to highlight the growing climate crisis, bringing solutions to the surface and empowering communities to protect natural, living systems. Embracing real-life solutions, accessible to homeowners, garden enthusiasts, communities, municipalities and landscape professionals, Shawn Maestretti and Leigh Adams of Studio Petrichor bring this timely and informative presentation to engage the audience and provide a blueprint for inspired actions.
Presentation Testimonials
Meet Your Distinguished Speakers
Shawn Maestretti
Landscape Architect | California #6203, Nevada #1016Designer, plantsman, licensed landscape architect and contractor, certified arborist, certified permaculture designer, educator, and environmental steward. Shawn has been creating exceptionally designed and artfully developed gardens in both California and Nevada since 2006. Highly collaborative with a strong attention to detail and a knack for problem solving, he helps his clients realize outdoor living spaces that they will connect with for years to come. Shawn combines extensive horticultural experience, strong composition skills, and a deep knowledge of regenerative practices with a wide palette of visually and texturally interesting climate-appropriate plants, breathing new life and a sense of place into every garden.
As a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corp, a Kiss the Ground Soil Advocate, and activist in the movement to care for the environment, Shawn has been presenting on regenerative landscapes and their impact on climate change in his new presentation series Regenerative Landscapes and the Climate Crisis. His personal mission is to connect with the natural world, tread lightly on the land, nurture biodiversity, protect water, and bring people together.
Leigh Adams
Consultant/Co-presenterLeigh is an educator and eco-sensitive designer. She has been a horticultural interpreter at the LA County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens for many years and until Covid, has trained many county agencies in regenerative practices. She has conducted hands-on workshops with local schools, private citizens and professional groups. Her love of collaboration and education infuse all aspects of her work, leaving participants with a profound sense of empowered accomplishments. She has held multiple artist’s residencies at the LA County Arboretum, Metabolic Studios, Westland School and New Horizon School, to name a few. Leigh has received a Global Citizen Award from the United Nations, an Angel Award from the City of Los Angeles, the National Gardening Teacher of the Year 2020 and an Outstanding Citizen Award from the County of Los Angeles.
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