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Environmental Lecture At Chappaqua Library Features Edwina Von Gal

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- The Chappaqua Library will host the lecture, "Turning PRFCT: The Evolution and Adventures of a Rational Naturalist," featuring landscape designer-turned-environmentalist Edwina von Gal on Wednesday, April 27.

Edwina von Gal

Edwina von Gal

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During the lecture, which is part of The Rocky Hills Environmental Lecture Series, guests will hear how Gal's passion for biodiversity led to the creation of the Perfect Earth Project, a rapidly expanding nonprofit organization promoting toxin-free land management around the world.

Gal's lecture will cover the dangers of toxic lawn and garden chemicals and nature-based techniques that provide beautiful and safe results.

The event is free and open to the public. It's co-sponsored by Friends of Rocky Hills and The Garden Conservancy.

Landscape designer Gal went to Panama to design a park for the Frank Gehry Biomuseo in 2002. She stayed on in the country to co-found the Azuero Earth Project, which explores and implements sustainable, toxin- free land management practices in rural Panama.

Gal then moved closer to home and, in 2013, founded the US-based Perfect Earth Project, which promotes toxin-free lawns and landscapes.

The Rocky Hills Environmental Lecture Series honors and continues the legacy of Henriette Suhr, a staunch environmentalist and the creator, together with her husband, William, of the gardens at Rocky Hills, an eight-acre strolling garden within a rugged (and rocky) natural woodland of Mount Kisco.

The thirteen-acre property is protected in perpetuity by a conservation easement held by the Westchester Land Trust.

The Rocky Hills Environmental Lecture Series has highlighted horticultural and environmental topics since 2007.

Gal's lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. For additional information, call the library at 914-238-4779.

The library is at 195 S. Greeley Ave, Chappaqua.

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