20 annual report 07 the cultural landscape foundation In 2007, our resources on hand surpassed $1.5 million, including revenue of over $1 million during 03 board / staff a single calendar year. 04 letter from president 05 education 06 publications 07 exhibitions 08 outreach 11 events 15 supporters 17 financial Pioneers Videotaping the Carol Cover Photos: Johnson Oral History (left) Angel Sothern Live Oak, Charleston, SC. Photo © Eric Baden. Module (right) Donnell Gala Lunch, Sonoma, CA. Photo © Sam Brown. See Page 12 contents 2 Board / Staff Letter from the President The growing national constituency of The Cultural with Garden Design spotlights significant horticultural this illustrated database will elucidate the breadth, Landscape Foundation (TCLF), coupled with its visibility features at risk and is the subject of a national traveling diversity, and interconnectedness of our shared landscape Board of Directors Officers of the Board in strategically important media outlets, has enabled photography exhibition curated by the Eastman. design heritage. The database will also serve as a catalyst TCLF to achieve significant milestones this year. TCLF is to produce scholarship, aid in the future generation Christine Astorino Jo Ann Nathan Kurt Culbertson, Co-Chairman reaching a broad and diverse national audience because This year, TCLF submitted the final manuscript for of National Register and National Historic Landmark Amanda Graham Barton Patricia O’Donnell Shaun Saer Duncan, Co-Chairman Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles From the Carolyn Bennett Laurie Olin Douglas Reed, Co-Chairman of the financial support of national and local foundations, nominations, encourage state and local landscape to the Sarah Boasberg Libby Page federal and state agencies, corporations, and individuals. Pioneers of American Landscape Design Project inventories, help in generating cultural landscape reports, Sheila Brady Kalvin Platt Jan Rothschild, Treasurer In 2007, our resources on hand surpassed $1.5 million, University of Virginia Press, launched our third Cultural provide the essential historic context when a landscape Laura Burnett Douglas Reed Piera M. Weiss, Secretary including revenue of over $1 million during a single Landscapes as Classrooms module, Icons of Modernism, is threatened with demolition or change, and, perhaps Katherin Chase Charlene Roise calendar year. Additionally, our web hits reached 4 and unveiled our firstPioneers of American Landscape most importantly, instill a sense of pride for these often Kurt Culbertson Jan Rothschild million annually, with over 400,000 unique visitors for Design oral history module, dedicated to Carol R. invisible works of art. Barbara Dixon Behula Shah Executive Officers + Staff the year – a 3% increase for the third consecutive year. Johnson. TCLF’s amplified presence at the Julie Donnell Glenn Stach TCLF’s continuing partnerships with the American Society ASLA Meeting in San Francisco was generously This year, TCLF added three new members to the Shaun Saer Duncan Spencer Tunnell II Charles A. Birnbaum, Founder + President of Landscape Architects (ASLA), , supported by Monrovia, Longshadow, and Siebert & remarkable group of people whom we call our Board of Mary Ellen Flanagan Suzanne Turner House & Garden Andrea Hill, Project Manager Rice. Interspersed with ASLA meeting events, TCLF Directors and it is with great pleasure that we welcome Rebecca Frischkorn Susan Van Atta and Garden Design brought over $400,000 of in-kind Melanie Macchio, Project Manager Mac Griswold Noel Dorsey Vernon resources, while new partnerships were inaugurated hosted a Gala Lunch at the Donnell Garden in Sonoma; the efforts and expertise of Sheila Brady, Laura Burnett, Ruth Riddick, Administrative Assistant Albert Hinckley Alan Ward with George Eastman House International Museum of mounted its third annual Silent Auction supportive of our and Katherin Chase. Nancy Slade, Project Manager Susan Booth Keeton Marjorie White educational initiatives; hosted a post-auction reception Mark Oviatt, Web Development + Graphic Design Photography & Film, Philip Johnson’s Glass House, and Now more than ever, there is an urgent need to make Arleyn Levee Victoria Williams the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Perhaps most attended by more than 200; and was the recipient of Brice Maryman Thomas Woltz notable is TCLF’s transition from a volunteer-managed an ASLA Communications Honor Award for the Cultural responsible stewardship decisions and, as we continue Peter McQuillan organization to a staff of full-time employees. Landscapes as Classrooms series. ASLA’s participation to work toward our mission, we are grateful for all of the extended to hosting a seated interview at the Closing support we have received in the past year from our board, Critically, our work is topical, pioneering, and newsworthy, Assembly with Lawrence Halprin before 6,500 attendees, donors, and sponsors. Without this support, none of our as evidenced by feature articles in The New York Times, along with support for interviews with pioneering work would be possible. Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times and Seattle Post- landscape architects, Robert Royston (Mill Valley, CA) Intelligencer, The Cincinnati Post, Houston Chronicle, and Edward L. Daugherty (Atlanta), and production on a Town and Country, Garden Design, and Dwell magazines, forthcoming oral history with M. Paul Friedberg. along with stories in The Washington Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Detroit News, Arizona Daily Star, San Looking ahead to 2008, with generous support from the Gabriel Valley Tribune, Coastal Companion Magazine, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, TCLF will advance the Buffalo Spree Magazine, and The American Gardener, What’s Out There online database project. Searchable by Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR among others. Our second annual Landslide partnership name, designer, landscape type, and property location, Founder + President Donnel Garden Gala, Sonoma, CA, photos © Sam Brown. 3 4 Cultural Landscapes as Classrooms (CLC) Website (tclf.org) This year brought the completion of our third Cultural Landscapes as Classrooms module, In the past year, TCLF’s website experienced nearly 4 million web hits, including over Icons of Modernism: The Donnell and Miller Gardens, which is now available online. This 400,000 visitors for the year. These totals are up significantly from 3.2 million web hits module makes two preeminent private gardens “virtually” accessible. Icons features the the previous year. Miller Garden in Columbus, IN, designed by Dan Kiley, and the Donnell Garden in Sonoma, CA, designed by Thomas Church and Lawrence Halprin. This project was supported in large TCLF’s e-letter transitioned from bi-monthly to monthly this year and the subscription list part by TCLF’s partner in education, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), increased by one third. In May, TCLF produced its first partnership e-letter, launched on and the final product was launched at an afternoon event at the Donnell Garden held the first Monday in May, the e-letter was titled MoMoMa and our partners included the during ASLA’s Annual Meeting, which is detailed this report (page 13). Association for Preservation Technology, DoCoMoMo_US and DoCoMoMo New England, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, Also in 2007, TCLF’s CLC series was the recipient of a 2007 ASLA Honor Award in and the Recent Past Preservation Network. The e-letter was successfully received and will Communications which was presented to the Foundation during the ASLA Annual Meeting. be repeated in May 2008. Also this year, TCLF laid the groundwork for transitioning tclf.org to web 2.0 which will Pioneers Oral History Series allow for greater interaction and a more user friendly infrastructure. The new website, which will be launched in fall 2009, will include portals that allow users to “enter” the site In the past year, TCLF has made much progress on the Pioneers of American Landscape and view information according to their age/knowledge level. Design oral history series. These developments include the completion of the inaugural oral history module: Carol R. Johnson; the videotaping of Robert Royston in Mill Valley, CA, and Edward Daugherty in Atlanta, GA; and the generation of transcripts for the M. Paul Friedberg and Edward Daugherty interviews. We are grateful for the support of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, the Hubbard Educational Trust, and the Cherokee Garden Library of the Atlanta History Center who have been generous sponsors of this series. Landslide 2008: Marvels of Modernism In fall 2007, TCLF announced the call for nominations for the 2008 Landslide: Marvels of Modernism in Garden Design magazine. Nominations will be accepted through April 30, 2008 and the selected sites will be announced in fall 2008. Landslide 2007: Heroes of Horticulture This year, for the first time, TCLF andGarden Design partnered with George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in support of the 2007 Landslide initiative: Heroes of Horticulture. Along with the online feature, the partnership produced an exhibition of original photography and a signboard exhibit, both of which are further described later in this report. The selected Heroes were formally announced in the October issue of Garden Design Heroes of Horticulture and will be featured in a special section in the February 2008 issue of that magazine. During Heroes of Horticulture 2007,