The January IDEA Café will have a panel discussion focused on projects from partnerships with Indigenous communities, including creating Indigenous gardens and exhibits. Our panelists will discuss ways to foster relationships with your local Indigenous communities and considerations for making the partnerships effective, as well as how welcoming and inclusive spaces are being created at public garden gardens. After the panel discussion, there will be an opportunity for the audience to have a Q&A.
Panelists:
- Dan Stern, Director of Horticulture, North Carolina Botanical Garden
- Wendy DePaolis, Curator Art and Sculpture, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
- Chantal Martin, Director of Education and Research, VanDusen Botanic Garden
- Naomi Lang, Indigenous Education Facilitator, VanDusen Botanic Garden
- Gerald Dieleman, Senior Director of Horticulture, Assiniboine Park Conservancy
