2013 ANNUAL REPORT The Cultural The Cultural Landscape Foundation 1711 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Washington DC 20009 Landscape Tel 202.483.0553 ® www.tclf.org Foundation Garden Dialogues See Page 10 03 BOARD / STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL / STAFF 04 LETTER FROM PRESIDENT 05 COMMUNICATIONS 06 PROGRAMS 11 OUTREACH 12 EVENTS 15 SUPPORTERS 18 FINANCIAL (cover photo) Lands End, San Francisco, CA, photo by Charles A. Birnbaum (left) Garden Dialogues 2013 in Coral Gables, FL, photo by Charles A. Birnbaum 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL Mike Albert Peter R. McQuillan George Anderson Keith LeBlanc René Bihan Jo Ann Nathan Carolyn Bennett Arleyn Levee Letter from the President Suzanne Clary Mario Nievera-incoming Secretary Jestena Boughton James Lord Kurt Culbertson-outgoing Co-Chairman William J. Quinlan Marion Brenner Michael McClelland Thanks to your past and continued support, in Bartlett Tree Experts and Coldspring. For 2014, Register of Historic Places, we also prevented its Barbara S. Dixon Douglas Reed-outgoing Co-Chairman Earl Broussard Marilyn Melkonian 2013 The Cultural Landscape Foundation® (TCLF) What’s Out There Weekends are being planned for demolition following a protracted and coordinated outgoing Treasurer, incoming Co-Chairman Charlene Roise James Burnett Joeb Moore Julie Donnell achieved significant milestones that provide greater Miami, FL, Richmond, VA and again in Los Angeles, communications and legal campaign. Joan Shafran- David D. Chase Ray Owen Vice President visibility for landscapes, landscape architecture and focusing on the work of Ralph Cornell. Shaun Saer Duncan-outgoing Chairman Behula Shah Sandra Clinton Janice Parker its practitioners. TCLF is especially fortunate for TCLF also completed Pioneers oral histories with Mary Ellen Flanagan ® Holly Sharp-Incoming Treasurer Leslie Close Margaret Robinson the generous support of our 2013 Season of Events Landslide 2013: The Landscape Architecture Joseph Yamada, a practitioner who over more than 40 Gina Ford Suzanne L. Turner Kelly Comras Janet Rosenberg presenting sponsors The Davey Tree Expert Company Legacy of Dan Kiley, focused on the life and legacy years helped shape the San Diego, CA region; and with Mac K. Griswold of one of the most important Modernist landscape outgoing Secretary, incoming Co-Chairman Lisa Gimmy Judith Tankard and Victor Stanley. Laurie Olin, one of the profession’s most influential, Eric D. Groft Susan Van Atta architects. A companion traveling photographic Elizabeth M. Goodfellow Rebecca Trafton eloquent and esteemed members. An oral history with Albert P. Hinckley, Jr. Noel Dorsey Vernon Existing programs continued to grow richer and exhibition, organized in only eleven months and Chris Hacker Susan Van Atta Nicholas Quennell is underway. deeper; innovative programs offered fresh insights; featuring 45 original photographs (all donated) of Jackie Ivy Thomas Woltz Gretchen Hilyard Richard Williams our educational and advocacy efforts provided creative 27 of Kiley’s more than 1,000 designs, opened at Lisa Calibani Lowry Alexis Woods Finally, in late August, TCLF moved to new offices Raymond Jungles David Zeitlin solutions and built bridges with other organizations the Boston Architectural College in November and in a 1920’s Deco-style, flatiron-shaped building Dennis McGlade Steven Keylon and supporters; and we experienced exceptional is slated to appear at the National Building Museum overlooking Connecticut Avenue, just north of audience growth accompanied by unprecedented in Washington, DC as part of a multi-year tour. Washington, DC’s Dupont Circle. In addition to being media coverage. On behalf of TCLF’s Board of Media coverage, led by the and the New York Times TCLF’s offices, the site will be used for frequent Directors, Stewardship Council and Staff, I am proud Associated Press, has drawn interest from institutions “Prosecco and Prose” receptions and book signing to report the following highlights: around the country wishing to book the exhibition. events. The generosity of founding Board Member Jo Executive Officers + Staff The What’s Out There® free, searchable, online Garden Dialogues, inaugurated last year, reveals the Ann Nathan and her husband Stuart made the office Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, Founder + President database of the nation’s designed landscapes and secrets to create great gardens through entertaining renovation possible – and the work was done on time Robert W. Griffith, Ex-Officio, Legal Counsel their designers grew markedly and now houses nearly and insightful conversations between garden owners and, most importantly, on budget. Nancy Slade, Project Manager 1,500 entries and 10,000 supporting images. We and their designers. These leisurely visits to great All of these achievements would not have been Courtney Spearman, Project Manager launched What’s Nearby, a GPS-enabled function destinations throughout the country grew more than possible without the steadfast and generous level of Suzanne Garza, Finance Manager, Program Manager for iPhones and similar handheld devices that shows 50% this year – with many selling out weeks in public, private and corporate support. Amanda Shull, Project Assistant all What’s Out There sites within a 25-mile radius of advance. The Dialogues were made possible by the any given location. The newly launched Nord Wennerstrom, Director of Communications What’s Out continued sponsorship of Seibert & Rice. We are There Virginia and Texas initiatives will each add Matthew Traucht, Intern solidifying plans for the 2014 Garden Dialogues. approximately 150 sites to the database. And, What’s Karina Bishop, Sally Boasberg Founder’s Fellow Out There Weekends drew thousands of participants On the advocacy front, TCLF, working with a coalition The marks “The Cultural Landscape Foundation” ,“Landslide”, “Pioneers in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, of local partners, succeeded not only in getting of American Landscape Design”, and “What’s Out There” are registered Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The Weekends M. Paul Friedberg-designed Modernist Peavey Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR trademarks of The Cultural Landscape Foundation. succeeded with support from national sponsors Plaza in Minneapolis, MN, listed in the National Founder + President President Charles A. Birnbaum and guests during a reception in the new TCLF offices, photo by Matthew Traucht 3 4 COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS Media Coverage What’s Out There® In 2013, TCLF continued to become more established as a national authority and the go-to What’s Out There® (WOT), the free, searchable Web feature detailing the nation’s source for information on cultural landscapes and received extensive strategically important designed landscape legacy, now houses more than 1,500 entries, 10,000 national, regional and local coverage for various programs, initiatives and campaigns. TCLF supporting images and 800 designer profiles. Work has begun on hh for which we coverage in Harvard Design Magazine, Dwell, the Washington Post Magazine, Monocle secured a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant, and What’s Out There and elsewhere positioned the organization as a thought leader on issues including the Texas – each will add approximately 150 sites to the database. For both efforts future of landscape architecture, Modernism, design involving cultural systems, and more. we are partnering with graduate-level landscape architecture programs at area TCLF’s efforts on behalf of Peavey Plaza were the subject of repeat coverage throughout universities including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and the University the year, first with its listing to the National Register of Historic Places, then with the of Texas at Austin and at Arlington. We launched What’s Nearby, a GPS-enabled successful resolution preventing its demolition (lead by coverage in the New York Times), function for iPhones and similar handheld devices that shows all What’s Out There and concluding with its number one ranking by the National Trust for Historic Preservation sites within a 25-mile radius of any given location. What’s Out There Weekends, now among preservation victories in an Associated Press story carried through the country. in their fourth year, drew thousands of participants in Philadelphia, the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, and Los Angeles (which immediately generated calls Strong coverage by the Philadelphia Inquirer and other area media drew positive public for another LA event). All of our full-color What’s Out There guidebooks produced and critical attention to the Philadelphia conference Civic Horticulture; extensive print for the Weekends are available for purchase as hardcopies and as free downloads and broadcast coverage in the Berkshires propelled What’s Out There Weekend to record through our Web site. The Weekends succeeded with support from national sponsors attendance; Garden Dialogues around the country drew solid coverage in each of its The Bartlett Tree Experts and Coldspring, more than two-dozen other corporate and destination locations; and new oral histories for Joseph Yamada and Laurie Olin generated private sponsors, and many local partners and volunteers. stories within trade press and, in Olin’s case, an extensive feature with Metropolis Magazine, among others. The launch of the Dan Kiley retrospective was picked up by the New York ® Times, received an extensive photo spread in the Sunday Washington Post, and heavy What’s Out There Weekend Philadelphia coverage in the landscape architecture and architecture