What exactly are “pleasure gardens,” and why can’t you have sex in them? What’s so campy about camping at Versailles? Is Mother Nature a dominatrix? Join drag queen & landscape “snarkitect” Capability Pink as she romps her way through the development of Europe’s upper-class gardens, discovering exactly what it has to do with Philadelphia and the current climate emergency. Come get lost in the hedge maze of history — and burn your way out.

GALLERY Land Collective is proud to present our June exhibition, the first for 2024: Capability Pink Designs A Pleasure Garden With You! by Jeff Joseph Katz, a drag performance turned landscape architecture lecture. Every Friday in June, performances will take place opposite David Rubin’s Antique Garden Tool Collection, with implements spanning the 18th through the 20th centuries.

6:00pm Doors Open

6:30pm Performance

7:00pm Mingling

8:00pm Event Ends

NOTES:

• Capability Pink Designs a Pleasure Garden With You! is intended for mature audiences only.
• Estimated Run Time: 30 minutes.
• All performances are standing room only. Limited seating is available for those in need of accommodation; please contact Satchel Williams at swilliams@land-collective.com for more information.