Grace Farms Lectures with Concert | Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Saturday, March 7, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a writer of “rare grace,” for powerful and poetic explorations of connection.
Kimmerer weaves together indigenous wisdom, science, and profound spiritual insight to reimagine our connection to the living world. Drawing from her background as both a botanist and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer invites all of us to understand ecological systems with gratitude, mutual respect, and interconnectedness, allowing us to recognize the entire natural world as worthy of care.
Her talk will be followed by a chamber music concert performed by a flute quartet featuring Alex Sopp, flute; Simone Porter & Owen Dalby, violins; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; and Arlen Hlusko, cello. In response to Kimmerer’s work, this musical program, curated by Grace Farms Artist-in-Residence Arlen Hlusko, features composers who often derive musical inspiration from their relationships with nature.
Schedule:
3 – 3:45 pm
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer delivers Grace Farms Lecture
3:45 – 4 pm
Tea & Coffee Break
4 – 5 pm
Chamber Music Performance
Begin your Grace Farms Lecture experience with a Permaculture Workshop, led by Grace Farms’ Director of Horticulture Kimberly Kelly from 1:30 – 2:30 pm on Saturday, March 7th. Register separately.
About Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
Grace Farms Lectures with Concert
Experience a moving afternoon of chamber music and dialogue, while immersed in 360-degree views of the surrounding natural landscape.
Visionary leaders who have shaped our world share a thought-provoking portrait of their life’s work on the Grace Farms Sanctuary stage, inviting you to explore central themes and fundamental questions that define their distinguished careers. A special chamber music concert follows the talk, performed by some of today’s most celebrated musicians. This unique musical program thoughtfully responds to the lecturer’s creative output, making for a one-of-a-kind experience rooted in hope, scholarship, and innovation.
We all build
2025-2026 season
Our 10 Year Season offers a full schedule of programming intentionally rooted in the theme, We all build. What we choose to build — and how we design and build it — are questions explored at Grace Farms and through our Design for Freedom movement. This season offers unforgettable experiences including one-of-a-kind concerts, nature workshops, wellness tea retreats, and programs spotlighting world-renowned leaders, prolific thinkers, and thought-provoking creatives—inviting people of all ages to come to Grace Farms and consider their individual and collective power to build a better world.
Lead 2025-2026 Season Sponsor
