Urban Agriculture Garden Tour at Santa Monica City Hall

323 Olympic Drive,Santa Monica CA 90401

30 June, 2022

Description

Ever wondered about urban agriculture in our climate zone? Ever wanted to grow your own food but not sure where to start? Do you know how to grow your own food but worry about the water consumption, especially as we are in a drought? Come speak with the experts that will explain what urban agriculture is, demonstrate what plants can be grown in Los Angeles, learn the rules for enjoying the ENDLESS ORCHARD in the public right-of-way, and which ones are most water conscious. We will also demonstrate how to use the harvest for sustenance and fun. The talk and garden tour will take place at City Hall East, the only Living Building in SoCal, in Santa Monica. You will get to walk through the edible garden and see how beautiful, and fruitful, it is as well as ask questions and maybe even take home some of the bounty. Come join USGBC-LA's Westside Branch Member group and speak with the experts that will explain what urban agriculture is, demonstrate how many different plants can be grown in Los Angeles and which ones are most water conscious. EVENT DETAILSDate: Thursday, June 30, 2022 Time: 6:00-7:30 pm PT Address: Santa Monica City Hall East Building, 323 Olympic Drive, Santa Monica CA 90401 Have questions about this event? Please contact the USGBC-LA Westside Branch Co-Chair Amber Richane at [email protected]. SPEAKER DETAILSDavid Burns, Co-Founder of Public Art Project, Fallen FruitDavid Burns currently lives and works in Southern California; his BFA is from CalArts and he received his MFA from UC Irvine. His recent solo video work has shown in festivals and exhibitions including; The Getty Center, Los Angeles, The Tate Modern/Tank.tv, London, The Armenian Museum of Experimental Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, and in festivals including; InsideOUT, OutFest, MIX, NEWFEST, Chicago Underground Film Festival, and others. Burns’ recent art projects has exhibited at The Athens Biennale, Greece, Ars Electronica, Austria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Netherlands Architecture Institute at Maastricht, The Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, The Armory Center for the Arts, Machine Project, and Artists Space in New York. Reviews and publishing on his recent works may be seen in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Art in America, Art Forum, Artillery, X-tra, Cabinet, Paper, Rhizome, The L.A. Weekly, The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest and more. Recent curatorial projects include: Artists + Institutions with Sarah Beadle, Let Them Eat LACMA with Jose Luis Blondet, The Drama of the Gifted Child for The Armory Center for the Arts, BUMP for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions with Margie Schnibbe and Embodied Technologies for Art Interactive & Leonardo with Legier Beiderman. Awards include: Creative Capital, Metlife Grant, Art Matters, Goodworks, YouTube Featured Video, LA Weekly’s Best of L.A., Rhizome.org new media award, Yahoo! Best of the Web, Berkeley Film Festival, Best Experimental and Sydney Underground Film Festival. Jennifer Zell, Landscape Architect, MIGJennifer Zell is an award-winning landscape architect and project manager who leverages two decades of experience to produce innovative design solutions in public, commercial and private landscapes. Her work encompasses a full range of landscapes throughout Southern California from mountain to desert to sea. Jennifer is constantly engaged by the variety of challenges she encounters and the new solutions she helps to devise. She is committed to finding ways to increase biodiversity in urban areas and utilizes her team building and communication skills to lead efforts that can enhance and sustain the natural world. Through her designs, Jennifer strives to reveal the hidden qualities that make each place a unique experience—framing the space, features, plants, light or geology that exists there and allowing it to be seen anew. The USGBC-LA Westside Branch focuses on programs that add technical and intellectual depth to the green building process, including reducing carbon and GHGs, regional project tours, educational events, networking evenings and other opportunities that foster the collaborative exchange of ideas and information that create opportunities to build a strong community. USGBC-LA advances the passions and elevates the expertise of our members through curated community groups. Learn more about our member groups, and open doors to collaborating with a network of authentic, purpose-driven advocates. We look forward to having you be a valuable part of our organization -- volunteering alongside our passionate members to be a change maker in your local community! Your support is crucial in helping us advance and continue our initiatives to transform Southern California into a more sustainable region for all! Donate now!