Thomas Woltz, FASLA

Wednesday, September 21, 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Dewey Gottwald Center
Ticket $35

New Visions for the Old Dominion: Social and Ecological Sustainability in the Designed Landscapes of Nelson Byrd Woltz

Thomas Woltz, owner and principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), will be presenting projects that illustrate the firm’s research-based design process as it applies to public and private landscapes in Virginia.

Over the last twenty years, NBW has worked to reveal lost, forgotten, or erased narratives in a wide range of landscapes across the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. From designing public parks and preserving cultural landscapes to revitalizing thousands of acres of agricultural land, NBW’s work seeks to build a deeper understanding of and connection to place, history, and the natural systems that sustain us all. NBW’s unique approach using ecological and cultural research as the foundation for designing and restoring landscapes is manifest in a variety of projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These landscapes restore biodiversity in degraded farmland at Seven Ponds Farm, reveal the evidence of landscapes of labor at Mount Fair Farm; interpret the histories and traditions of Indigenous Algonquian tribes in Machicomoco State Park; and preserve historic landscapes while honoring hidden narratives at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.