From the Library of American Landscape History
Designing in the Prairie Spirit features internationally renowned landscape architect Darrel Morrison, who reflects on his childhood in Iowa and the impact of Jens Jensen, Aldo Leopold, and others on his career.
While a graduate student at the Universityof Wisconsin, Morrison came under the influence of Aldo Leopold's classic A Sand County Almanac and Leopold's landscape legacy at Wisconsin, the 1,200-acre Curtis Prairie, where much of the film was shot. Incorporating footage from the original planting of Curtis Prairie from 1934, the film captures the remarkable beauty of the region and Morrison's interpretation of it for the new Native Plant Garden at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. Other designs by Morrison-at Storm King Art Center, Lady Bird Wildflower Center, and the New York Botanical Garden-are also featured.
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North America by Design is a free, educational film series produced by LALH to foster understanding of the fine art of landscape architecture and appreciation for North America's richly varied landscape heritage. All films in the series are created in association with Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc.
This film was made possible by generous gifts from the Viburnum Trilobum Fund of the New York Community Trust, advised by Nancy R. Turner, from James H. T. and Mary McConnell, and from Michael and Evelyn Jefcoat.