BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Library Market//iCal Export//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Plan It Wild! An Ecological Approach to Landscape Design UID:98671 DTSTAMP:20260418T153800Z DTSTART:20260514T223000Z DTEND:20260515T000000Z LOCATION:1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820, United States ROOM: Community Room DESCRIPTION:Darien Library, along with Darien Land Trust, Darien Pollinato r Pathway, Darien Green Wave, Garden Club of Darien, and Darien Nature Cen ter, is excited to welcome Joanna Hall and Bram Gunther from the ecologica l landscape design firm, Plan It Wild, who will discuss new trends in land scape design. Specifically, they will focus on natural gardening, and feat ure some of their recent projects throughout Western Connecticut, includin g an exciting project they completed in 2025 in Norwalk, referred to as a "pocket forest", part of the Miyawaki methodology.About Plan It WildPlan it Wild is a landscape design firm serving Westchester, Putnam Co unty, and Western Connecticut.  They firmly believe that the outdoor spac e around your home is far more valuable than you may think, and that healt hy nature on your property cleans your air and soil and lowers energy cost s. Their goal is to add more nature to your yard so you can enjoy all of i ts benefits, such as seeing butterflies, hearing songbirds, enjoying the s hade of a tree on a hot day, envisioning the carbon being captured by your trees, and discovering a cool new insect. The firm offers several differe nt types of rewilding services, from design to planting to stewardship, th at will restore property into thriving native habitat. They customize for each client the services they will need to successfully rewild their land. They have been featured in various news organization outlets, including T he New York Times, the TODAY Show, and Good Morning America. About the Pr esentersJoanna Hall is the CEO of Plan It Wild, an ecological landscaping company helping homeowners rethink traditional lawns and gardens through n ative plants, habitat restoration, and ecological design. She is also the founder of the Wildr Platform, a suite of digital tools serving to inspire , educate and support individual homeowners on their own personal rewildin g journeys and ultimately accelerate the rewilding movement nationwide. Pr ior to Plan it Wild, she ran a software innovation studio and co-founded a n ad tech start-up. Joanna serves as President of the Global Coalition on Sustainability, where she supports collaboration among sustainability lead ers working at a global scale.Bram Gunther is the former chief of forestry , horticulture, and natural resources for the NYC Parks Department. He is the co-founder and first president of the Natural Areas Conservancy, a non profit to restore and protect NYC's natural areas. He's now VP o f Science and Development for Plan it Wild. As VP, he's led the compa ny's development of a rewilding measurement tool called Wildr. He 9;s expanded the company's work transforming school campuses into poc ket forests and has gotten public grants to fund our larger projects. He&# 039;s expanding our partnerships and the community around rewilding.   URL:https://www.darienlibrary.org/event/plan-it-wild-98671 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR