Ellie Selig Distinguished Garden Design Lecture Series

A Step Forward: Designing For Client’s Special Needs By Wambui Ippolito

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Reception at 6 p.m., Lecture at 6:30 p.m.

When designing new gardens for clients with special needs, how do we create plant palettes and compositions that create a sense of safety and grounding, and that are timeless and beautiful? Join Wambui Ippolito for an inspiring evening as she shares informative ideas for garden-making that was influenced by an early childhood in the Great Rift Valley, and its wide vistas and spatial organization. Wambui specializes in fine estate gardening, with an emphasis on designing for humans and their pets. She views Nature as the greatest healer and seeks to make her gardens elegant and curative. Lecture followed by Q&A.

Speaker: Wambui Ippolito, Principal of Wambui Design

Fee: Free. Reservations and walk-ins welcome.
Location: The Betty Kelso Center

About Wambui Ippolito

Wambui Ippolito is an award-winning Landscape Designer and horticulturist who in 2021 was named one of “11 Revolutionary Female Landscape Designers and Architects Everyone Should Know” by Veranda Magazine. Wambui won the 2021 Best-In-Show and Gold Awards in landscape design at the PHS Flower Show and in addition to her garden work, she lectures widely both in the United States and internationally. Wambui is also a trained horticulturist, having graduated from the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture.

About the Ellie Selig Distinguished Garden Design Lecture Series
Ellie Selig Distinguished Garden Design Lecture Series is meant to provide inspirational and informative ideas for garden-making by renowned garden designers, landscape architects, or garden makers.