Roger Kuhns is part of a teaching team exploring Door County’s botany, birds and rocks with Jens Jensen’s grandson Woody Wheeler. Sign up for the class at www.theclearing.org. The class runs all week from May 28th – June 1st, 9:00am – 5:00pm each day.

Roger Kuhns teaching his “Tell Your Story” writing class at The Clearing in Ellison Bay, WI. Sign up online at www.theclearing.org. This class runs June 24th to June 30th, 9:00am-5:00pm.

A Hike and a Show. Join Roger Kuhns for a hike (3-5pm) through the Niagara Escarpment and karst country of Door County, and then an evening monologue (7-9pm) about Water and Sustainability. At Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor, WI. Both events are open to the public. Attend both or only one of the events. Sign up online at www.doorcountylandtrust.org.

A short monologue performance by Roger Kuhns as Part of the Peg Egan Center evening of song and stories about WATER in Egg Harbor, WI from 7:00-9:30pm. More details to come.

“Natural History, Geology and Sustainability” field course led by Roger Kuhns at the University of Wisconsin Extension Cedarburg Bog Field Station. Sign up for the course online at www.uwex.edu. The course will run from July 16-20 from 8:30-5:00pm each day.

Roger will be performing one of his new feature shows for 2018 entitled “An Evening with Jens Jensen” on Thursday, July 19th at the Riveredge Nature Center. The show begins at 7:00pm and is open to the public. You can purchase tickets for this performance at http://www.riveredgenaturecenter.org/events/.

What would it be like to sit down for an evening with one of your heroes?

Jens Jensen, the father of native plant landscape architecture and the founder of Door County’s The Clearing Folk School, was a pillar in the landscape architecture and environmental movements in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In this performance piece, Roger Kuhns takes on Jensen’s personality, mannerisms, accent and ethic to convey to the audience the innovative and conscientious nature of the man. It is a very personal, moving and engaging glimpse of this amazing person.

In the show, Jensen is in the twilight of his career and at 86 years old he was still spry and driven to help people realize the importance of respecting nature.

Jens Jensen

Jens Jensen was born in Dybbol, Denmark in 1860. He came to America as a young man and became the father of landscape architecture using native plants in landscaping design. Jensen was responsible for many of Chicago’s parks and was a leader in the preservation and environmental movements. He worked with famous architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright and his clients in his private practice included Henry Ford. In 1935, he founded The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay and inspired a generation of landscape architects, along with many others who attended the folk school. Jensen died there in 1951.