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Design a More Creative Garden

The Feb. 22 lecture at Delaware Valley College will explore the creative inspiration for today's trendy gardens.

Landscape architect Eric Groft will discuss the creative process behind great landscape design at a Feb. 22 lecture on the campus of Delaware Valley College.

In his lecture, “The Artful Garden: Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design,” Groft will explore ways of using inspiration from any form of art and applying it to garden design.

He will talk about the “New American Garden” style, which offers year-round beauty, frees plants from forced and artificial forms and allows them to seek a natural course as they weave a tapestry across the entire garden plane.

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Groft, who has worked at the Washington, D.C., firm of Oehme, van Sweden & Associates since 1986, is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He earned a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from The University of Virginia in 1984. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental science from Shippensburg University.

The talk is part of DelVal’s Henry Schmieder Arboretum’s 22nd season of lectures and is being jointly sponsored by the arboretum and the Delaware Valley College Environmental Design Guest Speakers Fund.

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A book signing immediately follows the presentation, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 114 of the Mandell Science Building on Feb. 22. The Founders Lectures are free to Schmieder Arboretum members and current Delaware Valley College students. 

Nonmembers are invited to attend at a cost of $5 for each lecture. Advance registration is not necessary.


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