This event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 1, noon.
Urban Plants and Resilient Gardens, a lecture and workshop by Falon Mihalic, PLA. Houston has a biologically diverse set of native plant life (5,000 species in Texas) and is within the growing range of many worldwide subtropical plants. Recent weather impacts have shifted the palette of landscape plants to those that withstand flood, drought, freeze, and extreme heat. Learn about the newly developed plant palettes and planting strategies for our changing climate.
The program is in conjunction with our current exhibition, Verdant Laboratory, on view through August 22 at the Center. This event has the option of bringing your own lunch or order lunch in advance at registration.
This course has been approved for 1.0 AIA LU and 1.0 LA CES HSW.
Exhibition and programming sponsors:
Verdant Laboratory is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance; REES; and Houston Architecture Foundation.
Programming Partners
ASLA Texas, H/GC Section; Texas Parks & Wildlife
Image credit: XO house by LOJO Architects, Leonid Furmansky
This event is approved for
1.5 AIA LU
1.5 LA CES HSW
About
Falon Mihalic is a sculptor and landscape architect who began making art with watercolor paintings in 2007. Their projects investigate our perception of landscapes and ecology through site-specific works in light art, ceramics, and large-scale public art installations. Falon is a licensed landscape architect (TX, FL, IL) with a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a B.A. in Natural Sciences from New College of Florida. Their work has been supported by the Kaboom Foundation, the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, the Houston Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Spatial Studies at Rice University.
Falon has presented widely, including a recent international talk at the Center for Metropolitan Planning in Prague. They currently have multiple permanent public art commissions underway across the US.
