Books&Books @The Studios of Key West presents
Raymond Jungles
An Ilustrated Lecture
Date: Saturday, March 19 -- Time: 4:30pm -- Location: TSKW Helmerich Auditorium at 533 Eaton Street.

A former resident of Key West, Mr. Jungles will be discussing his new book THE CULTIVATED WILD. In addition to images from the book, he will share pictures that show how he created the included gardens. He will be signing copies of the book after the lecture, which is open to the public, free of charge.

The famed Miami-based landscape architect has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal for “dreaming up dense, thickly forested canopies that give way to modern high rises and million-dollar residences.” The Cultivated Wild shows Jungles working in such diverse locales as Big Timber, Montana; Monterrey, Mexico; St. Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies; Abacos, Bahamas; and even the temporary Brazilian Modern Orchid Show for the New York Botanical Garden—as well as responding creatively to sites unique to his adopted hometown: rooftop gardens and pools including the penthouse Sky Garden atop the now-iconic Herzog & de Meuron–designed parking garage at 1111 Lincoln Road, along with its famous pedestrian promenade.

Jungles was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2006.His work has been celebrated with numerous awards including two National awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects. He has recently been honored with the commission to develop a new landscape plan for the iconic atrium courtyard at the Ford Foundation headquarters in Manhattan.