Event details
Perspectives on Health and Design in the Landscape
Location
The Chapel
Category
Arts & Culture
Event Details
Join Dix Park 2025 Artist-in-Residence, Preston Montague for a symposium exploring ways we engage with the landscape, and how those interactions influence both our well-being and the health of the environment around us.
The landscape to which we are connected, to which we reach for the sky and ultimately return, is a medium for expressing our shared human condition. Our relationship with the land is so fundamental to our being that it shapes our health in ways we understand, as well as ways we have yet to imagine.
Common Ground is approved for 5 CE for landscape architects and 5 credits (Criteria III) for Environmental Educators.
This program was developed in collaboration with Preston Montague, Dix Park 2025 Artist in Residence and presented by the Dix Park Conservancy. As part of his residency, Preston is exploring how art and ecology intersect to deepen our connection with the natural world. This experience is one of several offerings that bring his vision to life through creative, place-based learning.
Registration
While free to attend, space is limited. Registration is required.
This program is made possible by the generous support of the Carlyle Adams Foundation and Dix Park Conservancy donors.
Event Schedule
Friday, November 7
5:00 - 5:30 pm | PLA Tour of Residency Project
- Preston Montague, RLA, Dix Park Artist in Residence
5:45 - 6:15 pm | Public Policy Opportunities for Native Plants
- Karen Rindge, Rooted in Nature Designs
6:30 - 7:30 pm | Landscapes of Care
- John Ridenour, RLA, LEED AP, Assoc. at Nelson Byrd Woltz
Saturday, November 8
9:00 - 9:30 am | PLA Tour of Residency Project
- Preston Montague, RLA, Dix Park Artist in Residence
10:00 - 11:30 am | Common Ground Perspectives on Health and the Outdoors
- Olivia Affuso, PhD, FACSM
- Christian Goodwin, MD, MPH, Duke University
- Aaron Hipp, PhD, NCSU
- Preston Montague, RLA, Dix Park Artist in Residence
11:45 am - 12:30 pm | The Nature of Wellbeing: How Being Outside Helped Me Heal From Burnout
- Olivia Affuso, PhD, FACSM
12:30 - 2:00 pm | Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 pm | This Pea-vine Country: Rediscovering and Restoring NC's Lost Landscape
- Bryan England, City of Raleigh Parks, Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park
3:00 - 3:30 pm | On the Horizon at Dix Park
- Ruffin Hall, President & CEO, Dix Park Conservancy
3:45 - 4:30 pm | Hand in Hand: Restoring Native Grasslands with Natural Burial
- Heidi Hannapel, Bluestem Conservation Cemetery
- Jeff Masten, Bluestem Conservation Cemetery
Know Before You Go
Chapel Address: 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Via Western Boulevard: Enter at Hunt Drive or S. Boylan Avenue
- Via Lake Wheeler Road: Enter at Umstead Drive
- Follow signs towards Chapel
- Parking is located in the lots next to and in front of the Chapel. ADA parking is available.
Dix Park continues to strive to be accessible and welcoming for visitors, including those with disabilities. Currently, portions of Dix Park, including some areas where programs and events occur, have uneven surfaces and are not fully accessible. Accessibility is a primary focus for all park improvements and development.
Parking: ADA parking spaces for the Chapel are to the left and out front of the building. ADA parking spaces are available in all lots.
Chapel Entrance: Ramp and ADA push button activated door is located to the left of the front of the building.
Restrooms: Indoor accessible restrooms are available in the Chapel.
Programs and Events: Raleigh Parks Inclusion Services works with community members to support participation. To request a program modification based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please complete and submit the Accommodation Request Form or contact Inclusion Services staff at 919-996-2147 or ParksInclusion@raleighnc.gov.
Dix Park Staff at 919-996-3255 or events@dixpark.org.
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