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The Struggle for Nature in the City

Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

March 23, 2011

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Join the Free Library for a panel discussion exploring the idea of sustaining natural lands within the matrix of an increasingly pervasive urban landscape. Paul Meyer, the Otto F. Haas Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Morris Arboretum, will moderate the panel. Distinguished panelists include Drew Becher, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Michael DiBerardinis, Deputy Mayor for the Environment and Communities, City of Philadelphia; Carol Franklin, prominent landscape architect and co-author of Metropolitan Paradise; David Contosta, historian and co-author of Metropolitan Paradise, and Alex Garvin, noted New York urban park expert and author. An accompanying exhibition, designed and presented in conjunction with the newly released four-volume book, Metropolitan Paradise: The Struggle for Nature in the City, Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley from 1620-2020, written by Carol Franklin and David Contosta and published by Saint Joseph's University Press, will be on display in the Main Lobby until April 15, 2011.