2018–2019
Phelps Field Trip to the National Mall
Field trip with students from the Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School. Tour led by John Beardsley on the landscape design, and social and cultural history of the National Mall including the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and the Washington Monument.
2017–2018
Phelps Herb Garden
During the 2017 – 2018 academic year, the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies will sponsor and guide the planning and development of an herb garden with landscape and architecture students at Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School. Students will document the process of design, construction, and maintenance over the course of the year with photos and videos.
Phelps Field Trip to Dumbarton Oaks
September 19, 2017 | Landscape and architecture students at Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School tour the pollinator garden, greenhouse, and green infrastructure at the Fellowship House at Dumbarton Oaks.
2016–2017
Phelps Final Design Review
May 23, 2017 | Final review of student landscape designs for Kingman Park Community Garden at Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, Clubhouse 14
May 20, 2017 | Mellon postdoctoral fellow Jeanne Haffner assisted students in the National Building Museum's Design Apprenticeship Program with the construction of vegetable, herb, and butterfly gardens at Clubhouse 14 of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, located on Benning Road, NE
Phelps Midterm Design Review
April 11, 2017 | Review of student landscape designs for Kingman Park Community Garden at Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School
National Building Museum, Design Apprenticeship Program
March–May 2017 | Weekly participation in landscape architecture workshops with 30 high school students from around the District, including site analysis and design reviews. Mellon postdoctoral fellow Jeanne Haffner gave a presentation to students on landscape architect Lawrence Halprin’s unbuilt designs for the Anacostia riverfront (1966–70) and its relevance to contemporary waterfront planning in Washington, D.C.
Field Trip to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park
February 28, 2017 | Field trip with landscape and architecture students from Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School. Tour of the park with landscape architect Jennifer Daniels of the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Kingman Park Community Garden, Site Analysis
February 16, 2017 | Participation in site analysis of Kingman Park Community Garden (NE) with landscape and architecture students from Phelps Architecture, Engineering, and Construction High School
Garden Hydrology
September 20, 2016 | Workshop with landscape students from Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School
2015–2016
Public Park, Private Garden
May 14, 2016 | Design challenge with students from the National Building Museum Teen Council
Hydraulic Gardens
May 11, 2016 | Water management tour of Dumbarton Oaks for sixth graders, organized through the DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative
Tree Notebooks
May 3 & 9, 2016 | Tree identification workshop at Dumbarton Oaks with students (grades 4–8) organized through the DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative
Biodiversity from Garden to City
April 27, 2016 | Tour of Dumbarton Oaks with Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School