 TEALEAVES and UBC Botanical Garden Reveal The Secrets to Finding Your Next Big Idea in The Garden of SecretsTEALEAVES, luxury tea blender, and UBC Botanical Garden partner, bring together leading activists, designers, engineers, architects, and botanists worldwide in a philanthropic documentary in support of botanical gardens by demonstrating the vast library of insights that they house.
By: TEALEAVES Through The Garden of Secrets, TEALEAVES brings together a score of innovators and activists to demonstrate how the wonders of nature - tested and perfected through millions of years of evolutionary trial and error - lend themselves to inspire brilliant solutions. Viewers are exposed to the unique approaches of designers, engineers, scientists and botanists at the forefront of plant-based biomimicry who are making a lasting impact on people, society and the environment. "Botanical gardens like UBC Botanical Garden are 'idea libraries,' places where a wealth of solutions have been assembled near the doorsteps of the scientists, engineers, and designers tackling these issues," said Patrick Lewis, Director of UBC Botanical Garden. "We are proud to be working with a loved global brand like TEALEAVES, a company committed to biodiversity and love for nature, whose inspiration aligns with our core values. We believe that this partnership will raise the profile of botanical gardens and the importance of this critical work, helping us highlight the role plants play in the service of humanity and the Earth." This partnership is an important step in showing the ability and responsibility of global brands to raise awareness for issues of importance while supporting brand communication and positioning goals. "We want to help create a movement and demonstrate that any organization— In addition to the short 25-minute documentary, TEALEAVES has produced a series of short videos from world of experts, which include UBC Botanical Garden's Associate Director of Horticulture and Collections, Douglas Justice, Dr. Robert Lang, renowned origami artist and NASA physicist, Michael Pawlyn, Director of Exploration Architecture and Architect on The Eden Project, and Denis Hayes, Founder of Earth Day and President of the Bullitt Foundation. The content will serve as an inspiration bank, allowing visitors to take a deeper dive into the world of plant-inspired biomimicry and botany. The short documentary and series will be available online beginning tomorrow, June 27 at TheGardenOfSecrets.com/ For more information on screening locations, please visit TheGardenOfSecrets.com/ For inquiries about organizing your own screening for a class, community or otherwise, please contact media@tealeaves.com. Garden of Secrets Screenings & Events: Worldwide Premiere at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019 Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 PM local time Location: Cooper Hewitt, New York City Official Documentary Launch at San Francisco Design Week Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM local time Location: Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco Official Launch Weekend Screening and Tour at Beaty Biodiversity Museum Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM local time Location: Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco The Garden of Secrets: Launch Weekend Screening & Biomimicry Conversation Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM local time Location: Rose Innovation Hub at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario The Garden of Secrets: Summer Screenings at Science World Date: Saturday, June 29 - throughout the summer Time: Screened daily Location: Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver The Garden of Secrets: Screening at Seattle Design Festival Date: Friday August 23 - Sunday August 25th Time: See TheGardenOfSecrets.com/ Location: See TheGardenOfSecrets.com/ More screening event information at TheGardenOfSecrets.com/ The Garden of Secrets features the following experts of industry and academia:
Established in 1994, TEALEAVES is one of the very few tea blenders in the world, known for crafting the highest quality teas in small batches by hand. TEALEAVES strives for perfection, driven by the never-ending quest to make the perfect cup of tea. With the philosophy of inspiring creativity and connections through the art of blending, TEALEAVES has gripped the hearts and minds five-star hotels and Michelin Star chefs, worldwide, as their tea brand of choice for over two decades. Sourcing ingredients from over 90 countries and keeping only 1% of the tea leaves presented to them from the world's highest grade gardens, TEALEAVES hopes to stay people's "cup of tea" for generations to come, whether in a five-star environment or in the luxury of one's home. More information is available at TEALEAVES.com. About UBC Botanical Garden UBC Botanical Garden is Canada's oldest university botanic garden, established in 1916 under the directorship of John Davidson, British Columbia's first provincial botanist. The original mission of the garden was research into the native flora of British Columbia. Over the past 100 years, the mission of UBC Botanical Garden has broadened to include education, research, conservation, community outreach, and public display of temperate plants from around the world. Connect Online: Instagram: @tealeavesco Twitter: @tealeavesco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Media Contact: Publicity, online, distribution TEALEAVES Ezgi Emiroglu ezgi@tealeaves.com More information is available at TEALEAVES.com. #TheGardenOfSecrets: Photos: https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ End
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