Speaker Series
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Benjamin Vogt, Author & Owner, Monarch Gardens
In a time of mass extinction and climate change, how and for whom we garden matters more than ever. Our built landscapes reflect social ethics and values that guide our response to reviving wildness in and outside the urban environment. How can we recognize and develop compassion for other species? What role do native plants have in opening us to the perspective of others? What happens to our society when we advocate for the equality and freedom of a silent majority? Through ecology, psychology, landscape design, horticulture, philosophy, social science, and over 100 inspiring images, we’ll explore the rich complexity of rethinking pretty and what a garden means in the anthropocene.
Bio
Benjamin Vogt owns Monarch Gardens, a prairie-inspired design firm, and is the author of A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. His writing and photography have appeared in such publications as The American Gardener, Garden Design, and Orion, while over the course of five years he wrote an award-winning column at Houzz with over 3 million readers. Benjamin has a PhD from the University of Nebraska and lives in Lincoln with his wife and son.
