Levi Strauss Plaza, San Francisco, designed by Lawrence Halprin in the late 1970s. Photo © Betsy Flack, 2009

“…your true Californian prays to his land as much as ever the early Roman
did, and pours
on it libations of water and continuous incense of
praise.” 

~Mary Austin
1914

This year our Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the following symposium:

CGLHS is proud to be a co-sponsor of:
Landscapes for Living: The Post War Years in Northern California
October 23-25, Berkeley, CA

A symposium presented by The Cultural Landscape Foundation celebrating the publication of Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project, University of Virginia, 2009.

Landscapes for Living will place a focus on the unique Post War legacy of public and private landscapes in Northern California through actual participants who played an active role during what is now thought to be an unprecedented, optimistic time of innovation and experimentation. Speakers will provide rare insights and will include critical participants of the era in addition to present-day practitioners and historians.

Saturday the 24th will be a day of lectures at the College of Environmental Design, Wurster Hall, University of California at Berkeley. The day will begin with an overview by TCLF president, Charles A. Birnbaum, and an introduction to "The Modern California Garden at Mid-Century" by UCB professor of architecture emeritus & CGLHS member, Marc Treib.  A stellar list of speakers will discuss the influence of such well known Bay Area landscape architects as Robert Royston, Hideo Sasaki, Lawrence Halprin, and Garrett Eckbo.

Sunday’s self-drive tour will visit public spaces and private gardens designed by several of the “modernists” profiled by Saturday’s speakers. The tour will include work by Robert Royston and Lawrence Halprin. Accompanying the group will be landscape architects, historians, authors and others who will share their impressions of these significant Modernist landscapes in San Francisco and Marin County.
Complete details for all three days of the symposium are on The Cultural Landscape Foundation's website, www.tclf.org/events/pioneers/berkeley.

California Garden and Landscape History Society 2009 Annual Meeting
Sunday, October 25, 9:00 a.m to 9:45 a.m.
Suzman & Cole Design Associates, Landscape Architecture
1265 Battery Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco

This year our annual meeting will be held immediately before the self-drive tour--Spotlight on Northern California Modernism: San Francisco and Marin County--part of the Landscapes for Living symposium.

Board and Committee meetings will be held the morning before the symposium starts on Friday, October 23.

Landscapes for Living: Post-War years in Northern California
October 23-25, 2009 – UC Berkeley
The Cultural Landscape Foundation, The Garden Conservancy, The UC Berkeley Landscape Architecture Program, California Garden & Landscape History Society, The National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Agenda
Friday, October 23
6-8:00PM	Marvels Opening and “Pioneer” Exhibit from Berkeley Archives Environmental Design Library, Volkmann Reading Room, Rm 210 Wurster Hall Full symposium registration includes this event. Guest tickets available.
Saturday, October 24
8:00-9:00am	Registration – Wurster Hall Auditorium
9:00-9:15	Welcome
9:15-9:45	Overview - Charles A. Birnbaum
9:45-10:30	The Modern California Garden at Mid-Century - Marc Treib
10:30-10:50	BREAK
10:50-11:25	Reflections on Sasaki: The Early Years - Kalvin Platt
11:25-12:25	Remembering Royston and Reflecting on the Legacy - Asa Hanamoto, J.C. Miller, Tito Patri
12:30-1:30	LUNCH
1:30-2:30	Working with Lawrence Halprin - Steven Koch, Andrew Sullivan
2:30-3:15	Working with Garrett Eckbo - Walter Hood, Ken Kay
3:15-3:30	BREAK
3:30-4:30	Reflecting on the Post War Legacy in Northern California - Cheryl Barton, Elizabeth Byers, Linda Jewell, Walter Hood, Ken Kay, Steve Koch, J.C. Miller
4:30-4:45	Closing Remarks
Sunday, October 25
9:00	Light breakfast hosted by the California Garden and Landscape History Society and the offices of Suzman & Cole, Landscape Architects.
	Tour registrants please call 415/441-4300 to RSVP for breakfast & get building access directions.
	Enjoy this treat—learn about CGLHS at an informal “Annual Meeting” in Suzman and Cole’s stunning roof garden overlooking the Levi Strauss Plaza and planted with grasses, succulents, sculpture and a surprising view of Coit Tower and the east side of Telegraph Hill.
9:45 – 5:00	Study Tour - This self-drive tour will visit public spaces and private gardens designed by several of the “modernists” profiled by Saturday’s speakers. Check-in at Levi Strauss Plaza (for those not attending the breakfast). Location: Battery & Filbert Streets, San Francisco.  Meet at the west side of the main fountain.  Conversation and walk through Levi Strauss Plaza (Steven Koch and others lead conversation.)  Group then departs for the rest of the study tour: Spotlight on Northern California Modernism: San Francisco and Marin County Self-drive Study Tour San Francisco~ Levi Strauss Plaza St. Mary's Square Ghirardelli Square (Steven Koch and others lead conversation) Lunch Mill Valley~ Lytton Square (Depot Plaza) Robert Royston and Joseph Stein Gardens, designed by Robert Royston Conversation and walk through both gardens (Hannelore Royston, Nora Rusbar, J.C. Miller) Reception

Spotlight on Northern California Modernism study tour participants admire a
"filtered view" at the Joseph Stein garden in Marin County designed by
Robert Royston. Photo © G. Flom, 2009

Eden founding editor, Marlea Graham (back row, third from left) and other cglhs Board members
at the 2009 Annual Meeting. Photo © Mike Lofchie, 2009