Maya Lin & Edwina von Gal

Teaches at New York Botanical Garden

Maya Lin is an American artist, architectural designer, and environmentalist whose works defy categories. From Storm King Wavefield, Where the Land Meets the Sea, and Eleven Minute Line to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, she consistently explores new ways to experience the landscape and respond to the environment. Her many honors include the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Edwina von Gal, principal of her eponymous landscape design firm since 1984, creates landscapes with a focus on simplicity and sustainability. Her collaborators include Frank Gehry, Maya Lin, and Toshiko Mori, and she counts Cindy Sherman, Calvin Klein, and Ina Garten among her clients. In 2013 she founded the Perfect Earth Project, a non-profit that promotes toxin-free land management.