Daily Archives: January 3, 2024

Tuesdays, January 23, January 30, February 6, and February 13 – 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Eastern – History and Principles of Landscape Design, Online

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As horticulturists and landscape designers, we need a strong foundation in the cultural history and theory of landscape to fully understand our work in the garden. In this four part online Native Plant Trust course, we will explore Eastern and Western garden design, including long-practiced principles that encourage sustainable and ecological approaches in the landscape design field. This history survey on Tuesdays, January 23 – 30 and February 6 – 13 from 6 – 8:30, will include visual presentations, readings, projects, and discussion. Staci Jasin instructs. $150 for NPT members, $180 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/history-and-principles-landscape-design/

Thursday, January 25, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern – Not Your Mother’s Garden, Online

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In Not Your Mother’s Garden, Deborah Chud takes her audience on a photo tour of her dramatic Piet-Oudolf-style New Perennial Garden and describes the design principles underlying it.  Many of the plants are unfamiliar – even to experienced and knowledgeable gardeners.  These “New Perennials” constitute a special canon of plants that exhibit qualities valued by members of the New Perennial Movement – pioneers in the shift toward naturalist landscape design.  What’s new about New Perennials and what can they do for you?  Walk through her garden with her to find out. This online presentation sponsored by New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill takes place Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm Eastern, and is $10 for NEBG members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.nebg.org.

Deborah Chud is a retired Massachusetts physician turned garden maker, consultant, and educator, who specializes in coaching home gardeners (in-person and virtually). Her years of research on the world’s most famous New Perennial gardens (including New York’s High Line, Chicago’s Lurie Garden, the Oudolf Meadow at Delaware Botanic Garden, and Oudolf Garden Detroit) have generated a unique database of New Perennial plant combinations and fostered the creation of her own highly unusual New Perennial garden.

Thursday, January 25, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Eastern – ReSeeding Rhode Island, Online

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In 2022, Rhode Island Plant Society (RIWPS) began ReSeeding Rhode Island, an initiative to increase the availability of ecotypic seed and plants within the state. In this online Native Plant Trust session on January 25 from 5 – 6, you will learn from ReSeeding Rhode Island’s seed collector Shannon Kingsley about ecotypes and ecoregions, proper protocols for collection of wild seeds, and the types of species collected and grown by ReSeeding RI. Shannon will also delve into her experiences collecting wild seeds, the initiative’s partnerships with its wild seedbed growers, and the developing educational aspects of the project.

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$15 NPT members. $18 nonmembers. Register at https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/reseeding-rhode-island/