Join landscape architect and artist Preston Montague for a look back at the busy first half of 2025 as the inaugural artist-in-residence at Dix Park in Raleigh. The residency focuses on the development of landscape experiences spread across the park, built in the service of memory—centering nostalgia, land loss, and environmental body memory. Developing these land art installations demanded horticultural research and innovation, product design, and developing a network of allies across city and state agencies, as well as green industry professionals. We'll look back together at both the art and the science of constructing grassland ecosystems at Dix Park that are rooted in the ancient and branch into the future.
Preston Montague, ASLA, PLA, Landscape Architecture, Fine Arts, Education
Preston Montague, ASLA, PLA, is a landscape architect and artist working to strengthen relationships between people and the natural world. His environmental design studio deploys art, horticulture, and landscape architecture in the service of building places that have meaning and ecological depth. When not in studio, Preston enjoys teaching landscape architecture at North Carolina A&T State University and hiking the wilder places.
The Lunchtime Discovery Series is produced by the NC DEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs in partnership with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
A Wildening: Early Reflections on a Residency at Dix Park
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