August 15, 9am-noon
with Dan Sundberg
Green Living:
Building Functional and Successful Outdoor Living Spaces
with Dan Sundberg
Learn about easy (but maybe heavy), budget-friendly ways to develop functional and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living spaces. Outdoor spaces are an important, less expensive way to expand our homes’ usable areas. They give us opportunities to be outside and in nature, create gradual transitions between indoors and outdoors, and help us connect more easily with neighbors and the surrounding environment. Join Dan Sundberg, a licensed landscape architect passionate about designing outdoor living spaces that bring joy to their owners, for a fun morning of exploration.
We’ll look at essential elements and time-tested patterns, along with site considerations and opportunities that shape design choices. We’ll also talk about cost and labor constraints and ways to work around them. Most importantly, we’ll explore many examples of outdoor living spaces that function well.
This workshop is a walk-and-talk presentation with lots of participation and informal discussion. We’ll walk through an existing neighborhood with a wide variety of outdoor living spaces. The workshop covers common outdoor features such as decks, porches, patios, gardens, outdoor cooking areas, water features, lighting, gazebos, play areas, resting areas, artwork, stone elements, meditation spaces, walkways, and paths. We’ll look at and discuss the patterns and elements that make outdoor spaces inviting and useful.
The goal is for participants to see many different examples of outdoor living spaces, develop an understanding of what makes them work well, and go home with at least three ideas they can incorporate into present or future outdoor living spaces.
Recommended reading: A Pattern Language
Additional workshop information:
All materials are included.
This workshop is eligible for use with a season pass.
Youth under 18 may attend free with an adult registered for the same workshop (1 youth per adult).
Early-bird pricing ($55) is available through Aug 1. After that, the cost is $75.