Stephan Yarabek, president of the Friends of Czech Greenways, will talk about the legacy of the late Lubomir and Tiree Chmelar, whose visionary ideas continue to inspire connections between people, nature, and culture; the Prague-Vienna Greenway; and the unique Herb Garden in Valtice, the Czech Republic. Learn about the upcoming book project on the Bauer brothers, three 19th-century world-renowned botanical artists from Valtice.
Free and open to the public. Suggested donation: $15. Seats are limited, on first-come first-served basis. RSVP through Eventbrite.
ABOUT
STEFAN YARABEK is a landscape architect at Hudson & Pacific Designs, based in Saugerties, and the president of the nonprofit organization Friends of Czech Greenways in New York City. He is an active member of several important Hudson River Valley heritage and preservation initiatives, including the Hudson River Valley Greenway and the Hudson River National Heritage Area. He helped Lubomir Chmelar design and develop the Prague-Vienna Greenway project in Czechoslovakia since its conception in 1990. Prior to that, Stephen lectured at Charles University and several Architectural Schools in Prague under the auspices of SURPMO right at the onset of the Velvet Revolution in November 1989. His lectures focused on environmental planning and the Greenway Movement in the United States.
This event is organized by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter (SVU), with support of BBLA.