Speaker: Victor Lazzari
Presentation: Gertrude Jekyll & The Arts & Crafts Movement
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Introduction

Victor Lazzari is a landscape designer originally from the hilly farm country of Maryland. A Florida resident since 2007, Victor holds a BA in Landscape Design from University of Maryland, an MA in Landscape Architecture from Florida International University, and a Masters Certificate in Agroecology also from FIU. His small company, JungleGymFL, offers landscape design, consultation and project management services all over the tri-county area. Victor specializes in English-inspired plantings that thrive in the challenging climate of South Florida, and is obsessively passionate about roses in particular. He is currently writing and self-publishing a book on the art and science of growing roses in South Florida. Victor currently resides in Oakland Park with his partner Brian and their two kids: Teddy, a young tuxedo kitten with dreams of world domination; and Tyson, a black lab mix with an unhealthy fixation on tennis balls.

Topic

"Gertrude Jekyll & The Arts & Crafts Movement" - Gertrude Jekyll was a famous landscape designer in Victorian England who single-handedly launched the Arts & Crafts Movement in landscape architecture, which raised the concept of cottage gardening to both a fine art and a recognized form of landscape architecture forever after. This presentation will explore her life and her work, and how the design principles she inaugurated can be applied to South Florida gardens.