Open NowSudbury's Changing Landscape Part 2

The new exhibit 'Sudbury‘s Changing Landscape Part 2' continues our exploration of Sudbury's landscape with the story from after the Revolutionary War up to the present day. Sudbury is home to many wonderful conservation lands and historic landscapes. Organizations like Sudbury Valley Trustees, Sudbury Conservation Commission, and Sustainable Sudbury are working hard to protect and preserve the natural countryside.

June 26, 6:30 PMMaria von Brincken: Pollinating Meadow Gardens

Join us at the Sudbury History Center and Museum on Thursday, June 26th, at 6:30pm for the kick-off of our "Sudbury's Changing Land" lecture series! In tandem with our large exhibit of the same title, the series is provided thanks to a generous grant from the Mass Cultural Council.

We look forward to welcoming Maria von Brincken—principal of Maria von Brincken Landscape Garden Design—who is a local award-winning certified designer celebrating over thirty years in professional practice. Maria specializes in landscape plans, educational lectures, and coaching to create beautiful spaces and colorful flower gardens.

Maria will lend us her expertise on wilding your perennial gardens. This lecture will explore plants that attract beneficial pollinators to help our bird populations feed their young and using native plants in an ornamental way to create dynamic and stunning natural-looking gardens. Layout techniques that echo the way plant communities intermingle and make your flowering-planned meadow garden look cohesive and natural will all be part of an exciting discussion.

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July 17, 6:30 Annual Meeting with Alex Krieger: The Small Town as an American Ideal - At Times

Join us at our annual meeting for a lecture by Prof. Alex Krieger of Harvard University on July 17th.

A common refrain is that Americans dislike cities, favoring places at some distance from the buzz and complexities of urban life like Sudbury, Massachusetts. But what if Americans have instead been intrigued by cities of their imagination, rather than those at their feet? The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone, but as Prof. Alex Krieger argues in his book, City on a Hill, any attempt at understanding how the country has developed must first recognize the persistent and dramatic consequences of utopian dreaming. Even as ideals have changed, idealism itself has for better and worse shaped our world of bricks and mortar, macadam, parks, and farmland. In this lecture, Prof. Krieger will explore this uniquely American story from the Pilgrims to the “smart city” and will deliver a striking new history of our built environment. Alex Krieger is Professor in Practice of Urban Design Emeritus at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he has been honored repeatedly as one of its most outstanding teachers. He is also Consulting Principal at NBBJ, a global firm offering services in architecture, urban design, and planning. Prof. Krieger is a frequent advisor to mayors and their planning staffs, and has served on a number of national and regional boards and commissions, including the United States Commission of Fine Arts. Prof. Krieger will sign copies of his book, City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present, which will be available for purchase in the Sudbury Historical Society Gift Shop.

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