Mon, Jan 12
|MUSC Drug Discovery Building
Cultivating Minds Series: Thomas Woltz: The Narrative Power of Horticulture in the 21st Century Landscape
Join Thomas Woltz as he explores how research, site history, ecology, and cultural stories shape his firm’s design approach. Through recent and regional projects, he shows how landscape architecture can honor legacy while advancing modern environmental stewardship.
Time & Location
Jan 12, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
MUSC Drug Discovery Building , 70 President St, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
About the event
Cultivating Minds Lecture Series
Thomas Woltz: The Narrative Power of Horticulture in the 21st Century Landscape.
In this talk, Thomas Woltz will share how rigorous research and deep listening to site histories, ecologies, and cultural narratives guide the firm’s design process. Drawing on recent and ongoing work, including insights from local and regional projects, he will illustrate how landscape architecture can honor legacy while advancing contemporary environmental stewardship. Attendees will gain a behind-the-scenes understanding of how these methods shape meaningful public landscapes across the region and beyond.
Thomas Woltz, Senior Principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), leads his firm in the artful creation and revitalization of public landscapes, working at the intersection of culture and ecology for the sustainability of the public realm. Through a collaborative and research-based approach, NBW’s designs reveal lost or erased histories in the landscape. The work of NBW now stretches across thirty states…