May 30-Jun 1, 2008
The basic principles of landscape design, both residential and commercial, will be included in this fast paced, information packed clinic. Amateurs and professionals alike are encouraged to participate in this highly interactive design process.
Having taught for over forty years, Walt has an uncanny ability to distill functional, aesthetically pleasing, and innovative design concepts into common language.
Prue conveys a reflective process on how to first imagine and then create gardens that connect us to the grace and wonder of our visions. With her leadership, we will explore what constitutes the inspirational and sacred in our surroundings.
This workshop will answer the question, “Why am I repelled from that place yet I gravitate toward this place?” Learn to understand the meaning behind your personal reactions to designed and natural landscapes. Identify and apply a wide array of basic design principles. Learn a shorthand means of describing any landscape. Understand the many ways a home “fits” into its site.
We will use the residential properties of those who come as opportunities for spontaneous problem-solving exercises. (Contact us if you wish to offer your site as an example.) On Saturday, we’ll take an all day field trip to several sites.
On Sunday we’ll analyze stimulating designs produced by Walt’s award winning firm, then we’ll all participate in a shared design exercise at or near Rowe C&CC.
We can guarantee the entire experience will be a lot of fun!
Walt Cudnohufsky is a stimulating teacher who believes in participatory education. He founded the nationally recognized graduate program at the Conway School of Landscape Design in 1972, which he directed for 20 years. A regular speaker and workshop leader at regional and national forums, he is also a fine watercolor artist www.cudnohufsky.com and has his own landscape design firm www.wcala.com.
Prue Berry, Executive Director of RC&CC for 17 years, and host for our retreats for another 10, has her own landscape design company specializing in creating sacred space. With a Certificate from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and many years of offering her open heart and wisdom to our guests at Rowe, she handily evokes her clients best dreams and longings, and offers tangible designs for bringing sustaining beauty into their lives, homes, gardens, and hearts. She is pleased to have this opportunity to work with Walt, who has long been an inspiration to her work.