Landscape Therapy Workshop 6/13/26

Landscape Therapy Workshop at the Arts Center at Duck Creek

Perfect Earth Project and the Arts Center at Duck Creek present a Landscape Therapy Workshop to discover how our landscaping choices affect the water around us and the simple and joyful things we can all do in our yards to protect it. The folks from Peconic Estuary Partnership, ReWild Long Island, and ChangeHampton will be tabling at the event so bring your questions-and your whole family! Children are welcome and encouraged!!

June 13, 2026
(June 14 rain date)
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Arts Center at Duck Creek
127 Squaw Road
East Hampton, NY 11937

Tickets are free. Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome.

Please park on the street.

Thank you to the Peconic Estuary Partnership for funding this event.

Bruce Horwith, Ph.D., is conservation biologist with more than 35 years experience in national and international natural resource management. Since 2010, he has focused on land use planning and management, with an emphasis on pond restoration, phragmites control, buffer planting near wetlands, dune ecology, and wildlife habitat restoration. In addition to offering scientific expertise and project management services, he provides assistance navigating the highly regulated environment that exists on the East End of Long Island. 

A leading voice in sustainable gardening and landscape design, Edwina von Gal founded Perfect Earth Project in 2013 to promote nature-based, toxic-free land care for the health of people, their pets, and the planet. As principal of her eponymous landscape design firm since 1984, Edwina created landscapes with a focus on simplicity, sustainability, and beauty for private and public clients around the world. Her work has been published widely, including in The New York Times, Vogue, and Architectural Digest, and the award-winning book Fresh Cuts. In 2024, she was named one of the top 50 Creatives in America by Wallpaper* magazine. She has served on boards and committees for a number of horticultural organizations and currently serves on the board of What Is Missing, Maya Lin's multifaceted media artwork about the loss of biodiversity, Longue Vue's National Council, and is a member of the Native Plant Trust's Council. Her awards include the LongHouse Visionary Award from LongHouse, the New York School of Interior Design's Green Design Award, the Isamu Noguchi Award, and Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award for the Visual Arts. Photo by Sophie Griffin.