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Scott Stewart, Ph.D. Executive Director, Millennium Park Foundation Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois

Ecologist as Horticulturalist

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Ecology for Landscape Design Traditional Ornamental Planting

Courtesy of: T. Rainer & C. West, Planting in a Post-Wild World, 2015

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Ecology for Landscape Design Learning from Wild Communities

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Ecology for Landscape Design Learning from Wild Communities

Horticultural Natural Plant Community Planting Designed Plant Community

Ecology for Landscape Design Learning from Wild Communities

Interpret and Amplify Nature, Not Imitate

Open, Sunny Prairie or Meadow Community

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Ecology for Landscape Design Learning from Wild Communities

Heavy Shade Forest Community

Interpret and Amplify Nature, Not Imitate

Ecology for Landscape Design Learning from Wild Communities

Interpret and Amplify Nature, Not Imitate

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Becoming Lurie Garden

Lurie Garden

• Timeline: • International Competition, August-October 2000 • Commissioned, October 2000 • Completed, June 2004 • Designers: • Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), Landscape Architects • Piet Oudolf, Perennial Plant Design • Jacqueline van der Kloet, Bulb Design • Size: 3.4-Acres (2.5-Acres as Perennial Beds) • Plant Diversity: ~220 Species, Selections, and Cultivars

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Lurie Garden

• Staff: 4 Full-Time, 1-2 Apprentices, 65-70 Volunteers • Visitors: 3.5 Million (2015 est.) • Education & Outreach: 70-80 Free Public Programs Annually • Visitor Experience: • Beacon-Based App Tour by GrowIt! • Web-Based Plant Finder • Free Tours by Trained Volunteers • Partnerships: • GGN, Apprenticeship Program • Midwest Groundcovers, Plant Donations • Bartlett Tree Experts, Educational Programs • NeighborSpace, Community Garden Technical Support

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1952

1997

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Becoming Lurie Garden

Jennifer Guthrie Shannon Nichol Kathyrn Gustafson

Roy Diblik Piet Oudolf

2002

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2003

2004

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2005

Becoming Lurie Garden

Jo ana Kubiak Laura Ekasetya Membership & Communications Director & Head Horticulturalist

Karen Taira Melanie Scott Educational Programs & Outreach Volunteers & Tours

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