This is an in person event at the Swedish American Museum. Register on the Swedish-American Historical Society website. $35 registration.

The SAHS is excited to partner with the Swedish American Museum in Andersonville, Chicago for a dinner and lecture by noted urban planner and historian, Julia Bachrach. Social hour starts at 5:00, and dinner will be catered by Tre Kronor Restaurant, Chicago’s Nordic Bistro starting at 6:00. At 7:00, Bachrach will discuss Jens Jensen while Society members enjoy their dessert.

Jensen, a noted Danish-American landscape architect and conservationist, not only shaped many of Chicago’s city and regional public parks and forest preserves, but also played a part in preserving the Indiana Dunes sand dune ecosystem. In private practice, he shaped the gardens of large estates throughout the Midwest and as far east as Maine before retiring to establish the Clearing Folk School in Wisconsin where he trained future landscape architects.

Julia Bachrach is a historian who previously served as the Chicago Park District’s preservationist planning supervisor for over 25 years. She is the author of several books including The City in a Garden: A History of Chicago’s Parks and Inspired by Nature: The Garfield Park Conservatory and Chicago’s West Side. Her frequent media appearances include The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago, 10 Parks That Changed America produced by WTTW and Curious City on WBEZ. Bachrach holds a Master’s Degree in Cultural Resource Preservation from the Landscape Architecture Department of the University of Wisconsin.

Free Museum admission on Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6 for Andersonville Arts Weekend!