Prescribed burn walk & talk

This is the third instalment of a series of talks Zackery Hobler has done related to his recently-published photobook Beneath Two Skies.

Sunday May 31

1pm-2pm

High Park

Walking High Park with photographer Zackery Hobler, participants will be shown evidence of prescribed burning, they will gain an understanding of how the process works, and be shown how it concretely benefits the rare black oak savannah of High Park.

Starting near Hawk Hill, the group will walk through some of the burn blocks, delineated in partnership with the City of Toronto and Lands & Forest Management, the forestry service who started the prescribed burn program in High Park in 1997, whom Hobler has partnered with for the creation of his photobook.

The walk will end near the north end of High Park next to Bloor Street where participants will see two very different aspects of the park: markers of poor forest management and markers of abundant biodiversity, the latter of which prescribed burning is fundamental.

Throughout the walk, participants will be encouraged to ask questions as we walk.

Participants are also encouraged to attend the two other events surrounding Hobler’s photobook: his book launch at the Contact Gallery on April 9 and his talk with the City of Toronto Archives on May 9. More information about those events can be found linked below.

Curated by Holly Chang

Facilitated by Zachery Hobler

This workshop is offered in conjunction with Soil Study by sarah koekkoek