Garden Dialogues brings together patrons and designers to reveal the creative process, the give and take, and the collaboration that yields a great garden. Garden Dialogues provides unique opportunities for small groups to experience some of today’s most beautiful gardens created by some of the most accomplished designers currently in practice.

On weekends throughout the spring and summer at more than three dozen sites, landscape architects and their clients will provide insights into how they work together to create today’s masterworks.

Saturday, June 15th, 10am to 12pm | Louisville
A: Glenview Bluff Garden
JP Shadley, Shadley Associates Landscape Architects, with artists Craig Kaviar, Don Lawler and Meg White, and Matthew and Karine Maynard
Situated on a bluff 90 feet above the Ohio River, this lush and radiant 35-acre River Road estate combines dramatic, panoramic views with an exquisitely and artfully detailed garden. Individual areas with site-specific art offer opportunities for bliss and relaxation.
American Life

Saturday, June 15th, 1 to 2:30pm | Louisville
B: American Life Green Roof
Mark K. Wourms, Ph.D., Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
At 17,000 square feet, the green roof atop the Mies van der Rohe-designed American Life and Accident Company headquarters is Louisville’s largest. Along with various sedum cultivars, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest have added three plots to test native plant adaptability to living roof environments