{"id":5500,"date":"2024-01-29T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/?page_id=5500"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:06:46","slug":"edward-d-stone-jr-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/edward-d-stone-jr-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward D. Stone, Jr. Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In remembrance of Edward D. Stone, Jr.<\/a>, a beloved colleague, mentor, partner, advisor, and friend, the University of Florida\u2019s Department of Landscape Architecture hosts an annual lecture in his honor. Ed founded the firm EDSA<\/a> in Fort Lauderdale in 1960, and he taught extensively at the University of Florida for several decades. This prestigious lecture serves to commemorate Stone\u2019s numerous contributions to the fields of landscape architecture and land planning.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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March 27, 2026<\/div>

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Sierra Bainbridge
Senior Managing Principal – Model of Architecture
Serving Society<\/em> (MASS) Design Group
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The University of Florida Department of Landscape Architecture hosted Sierra Brainbridge of MASS Design Group on March 27, 2026 for the Edward D. Stone, Jr. Lecture Series at Jonathan and Melanie Antevy Hall.

Her lecture, “Seeking Abundance”, explored her approach to sustainable design centered on bringing communities closer to the natural world by creating functional, biodiverse environments for all walks of life.

Speaker biography<\/a> | Read more and view the full recording<\/a><\/p>

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March 27, 2026<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 10, 2025<\/div>

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Meg Calkins
A Climate Positive Approach to Materials and Details for Resilient Sites<\/em>
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The University of Florida\u2019s Landscape Architecture program had the honor of hosting\u00a0Meg Calkins, FASLA, FCELA<\/a>, from NC State University for the 10th anniversary of the\u00a0Edward D. Stone, Jr. Lecture Series.\u00a0

As a notable educator, researcher, and author, Calkins spoke about her latest work on materiality in landscape architecture for her forthcoming book. Her presentation highlighted the urgent need to reconsider the environmental, social, and ecological impacts of materials used in the practice of landscape architecture.\u00a0
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February 10, 2025<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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March 6, 2024<\/div>

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Kona A. Gray
Grounded Landscapes \u2013 Exploring the Land, <\/em>
Sea and Culture<\/em>
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Our shared environments connect us in more ways than we can imagine. The special memories we hold for a place are rooted in the land, sea, and culture. The earth that brings us together is often under appreciated for its majesty.

The lecture discussed the importance of celebrating the environment towards curating experiences that support all species and the planet. Ultimately, we have a remarkable opportunity to shape the environment to benefit Earth and humanity.

So, how will we design Grounded Landscapes?

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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March 6, 2024<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 15, 2023<\/div>

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Martha Fajardo P.
Landscape Initiatives Journey: Connecting people, building collaboration, and inspiring human places<\/em>
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The landscape is a shared vision in which and to which a vast array of encounters converge and contribute. Interest and support for regional and local landscape initiatives are gaining global adhesion. We may have different approaches to landscape initiatives – each culture and community may have a different understanding of the concept – but there can be no doubt that landscape initiatives\/projects can be the basis for improving both cities and the global environment.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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February 15, 2023<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 2, 2022<\/div>

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Chelina Odbert
Putting the ‘Public” Back in Public Space<\/em>
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Because of the virtues carried\u00a0within its name, public space tends to evade the type of serious critical attention to which it ought to be subject. In professional circles, public space is given this matter-of-fact definition: \u201can area or place that is open and accessible to all peoples, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, or socio-economic level.\u201d In reality, though, public space\u00a0tends to be actually open and accessible to just a privileged few.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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February 2, 2022<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 10, 2021<\/div>

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Walter Rodriguez Meyer
Landscape-Led City Making: Disturbance Based Design for Atmosphere and Ethnosphere<\/em>
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Walter Rodriguez Meyer\u00a0is a landscape and urban\u00a0designer, educator, and community organizer for climate justice. He is co-founder of Local Office Landscape and Urban Design (LOLA), based in Brooklyn, New York.\u00a0 The firm has garnered accolades from across the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, public policy, science and art. Walter teaches at Parsons The New School for Design and holds a BLA from the University of Florida and MLAUD at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Walter is also the executive director of the non-profit Coastal Marine Resource Center.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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February 10, 2021<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 7, 2020<\/div>

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Marc Treib
Landscape as Sculpture, Sculpture as Landscape<\/em>
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Marc Treib\u00a0is a Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and a historian and critic of landscape and architecture. He has published widely on modern and historical subjects in the United States, Japan, and Scandinavia. His most recent books are\u00a0Landscapes of Modern Architecture: Wright, Mies, Neutra, Aalto, Barrag\u00e1n<\/em>\u00a0(Yale, 2017) and\u00a0The Landscapes of Georges Descombes: Doing Almost Nothing<\/em>\u00a0(ORO, 2019).

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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February 7, 2020<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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January 1, 2019<\/div>

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Gary Hilderbrand
Living Surface<\/em>
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Gary Hilderbrand, the 2017 winner of the American Society of Landscape Architects Design Medal, is a principal of Reed Hilderbrand Associates LLC in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also the Peter Louis Hornbeck Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he has taught seminars and design studios since 1990. His firm has been recognized with more than eighty regional and national design awards.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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January 1, 2019<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 23, 2018<\/div>

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Thomas L. Woltz
Time, Place and Story: Design at the Crossroads of Ecological and Cultural Systems<\/em>
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Over the past two decades of practice, Thomas Woltz has forged a body of work that integrates the beauty and function of built forms with an understanding of complex biological systems and restoration ecology. NBW projects create models of biodiversity and sustainable agriculture within areas of damaged ecological infrastructure and working farmland, yielding hundreds of acres of reconstructed wetlands, reforested land, native meadows, and flourishing wildlife habitat.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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February 23, 2018<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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March 31, 2017<\/div>

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Gerdo P. Aquino
Infrastructural Futures<\/em>
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Gerdo Aquino is the firm-wide CEO of SWA based in Los Angeles, an award-winning global practice operating on the leading edge of landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. With 20 years of professional experience, he has had much success in solving a wide range of environmental landscape design problems for projects where open space, density, and place-making are key issues, and he has gained a thorough understanding of the public review process, which often includes extensive cultural, historical, public art, and public participation components.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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March 31, 2017<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 18, 2016<\/div>

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Laurie Olin
Global, Regional, Local: Re-examining ‘Regionalism’ and ‘Genius Loci’ in an Effort Toward Meaningful Landscape<\/em>
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Laurie Olin is a distinguished teacher, author, and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today.\u00a0 From vision to realization, he has guided many of OLIN\u2019s signature projects, which span the history of the studio from the Washington Monument Grounds and the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, The Getty Center in Los Angeles to Bryant Park in New York City. His recent projects include the AIA award-winning Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Simon and Helen Director Park in Portland, Oregon.

Speaker Biography<\/a> | View the Recording<\/a><\/p>

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February 18, 2016<\/div><\/article>\n\n\n\n
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February 20, 2015<\/div>

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Peter Rummell, Jim Chaffin,
Peter Capone, and David Howerton
Edward D. Stone, Jr. Lecture Series Inaugural Event<\/em>
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Edward D. Stone Jr. Website<\/a> | View the Inaugural Lecture \u2013 Peter Rummell\/Jim Chaffin\/Peter Capone\/David Howerton<\/a> | View the Dedication Video<\/a>
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