“The American Urban Botanical Garden: Catalyst for Community Revitalization

Portland Botanical Gardens' (PBG) exhibition at Design Portland will kick off with a keynote lecture by Scot Medbury, President Emeritus of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. While at BBG, Scot Medbury led a $125 million capital campaign that resulted in a new visitor center, designed by Weiss/Manfredi, and several works of landscape architecture by Michael Van Valkenburgh. Since departing BBG, Scot's brought his expertise to a number of other botanical institutions, including Quarry Hill in Sonoma, the Center for Plant Conservation, and the Humboldt Botanical Garden. He is currently a Senior Advisor for PBG.

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