Jens Jensen in the DCA

The Clearing Folk School and Viva Lundin Productions proudly present the new award-winning documentary film, Jens Jensen: The Living Green, on Sept. 9 at 7 pm at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek. Six years in the making, director Cary Lundin will introduce the film at the Door County premiere, as the film follows the career of Jens Jensen, noted Danish-born landscape architect, conservationist and founder of The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay in 1935. Many consider Jensen to be the most important American landscape architect and The Clearing his “great work.”

The 55-minute documentary, narrated by Jensen’s great granddaughter Jensen Wheeler Wolfe, was premiered in Chicago’s Millennium Park and on Chicago’s public television station WTTW in June of this year. It follows the life of Jensen as an advocate for the preservation of lands and sensitive eco-systems for future generations, including the design of Chicago’s Humboldt, Garfield and Columbus Parks as well as the prairie style of landscape design he became known for as he created the grounds surrounding the mansions of the Armour’s, Florsheim’s, and Ford’s.

The film showing is free and open to the public with a freewill donation gladly accepted as a donation toward The Clearing’s new Blacksmith Forge building campaign fund. DVDs of the film will also be on sale for $25, $5 of which will go toward the forge building fund.

For more information about the film showing, call 920.854.4088 between 8 am and 4 pm Monday – Friday, or the Door Community Auditorium noon to 5 pm Monday – Friday.