For this year’s annual Jane’s Walk, the Studio for Landscape Culture is leading a tour titled "Listening to the Language of Plants." The Studio for Landscape Culture consists of Masters of Landscape Architecture alumni Yi Zhou, Tyler Bradt and Jasmeen Bains (MLA 2013). The recent graduates founded the firm to explore the “connection between culture and ecology in the medium of the landscape.”

“Plants make sounds that operate on a wavelength outside of human hearing or understanding,” says the trio. “This [Jane’s Walk] tour will guide you through one of the last remaining pockets of Black Oak Savannah, one of Ontario's most endangered ecosystems — while enlightening the hidden dialogue of the plants through audio engineering.”

The walk will be held on May 7^th and 8^th, and will meet at High Park. For more information, visit Jane's Walk: Listening to the Language of Plants.

The subject of the Jane’s Walk, which includes listening to the inaudible sound of plants, was recently featured in the latest issue of World Landscape Architecture Magazine Annual 2016. The Studio for Landscape Culture's work was named — alongside firms such as OKRA, Sasaki Associates, HOSPER, ASPECT Studios, Land Arkitectur, Tract Consultants, KI Studio, Cadence Landscape Architects, KCAP, and Berger Partnership — one of the best projects from 2015. To purchase a copy of the Annual, visit World Landscape Architecture Magazine.

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