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Tag: Conway School of Landscape Design

  • Tuesday, July 10, 11:15 am – 2:00 pm – Schoolyard Restoration: Landscapes for Learning

    Join landscape architect, Ruth Parnall, and the Ecological Landscaping Association for a unique tour of two transformed schoolyards to learn how to create rich landscapes that solve site problems, produce beautiful gardens, develop habitat, and inspire children to explore and learn. Ruth Parnall, co-founder of Learning by the Yard, is a registered landscape architect and a credentialed botanist. She is a specialist in native landscape restoration and is a founding member of the MA Native Plants Committee. She has served her town since 1987 on conservation, open space, zoning, and master plan committees.

    A studio teacher and mentor to students at the Conway School of Landscape Design, Ruth also writes, lectures, and leads workshops on native plants and ecological design. She is currently the consulting landscape curator at Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, a National Historic Landmark in Garrison, NY. The tour will take place Tuesday, July 10, from 11:15 am – 2 pm (rain date July 17) in Milton and Jamaica Plain. $20 for ELA members, $25 for non-members. Register on line at www.ecolandscaping.org, or call 617-436-5838. Photo of Ruth from www.nativeplantwildlifegarden.com.

  • Saturday, October 30, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Energy-Wise Landscape Design

    Learn how to design your landscape so it saves energy and contributes to a healthier environment. Join Sue Reed, a landscape architect with 23 years of experience in ecological design, at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge on Saturday, October 30, from 10 – 12, for a practical presentation that will help you: lower your home’s heating and cooling costs, minimize fuel used in your landscape construction, and consider maintenance and everyday living products and materials with lower embedded energy costs. Our landscapes are full of opportunities to reduce our consumption of energy. Most of them involve little or no cost, and some will actually save you money.

    Sue Reed is a registered landscape architect who has helped hundreds of homeowners create comfortable, livable and beautiful landscapes that save energy. She has worked in western Massachusetts for nearly 25 years, including twelve years as an instructor at the Conway School of Landscape Design. Her new book, Energy-Wise Landscape Design, was published in April 2010 by New Society Publishers and her recent article, “Sustainable Landscape,” appears in Volume II of the new Encyclopedia of Sustainability from Berkshire Publishing.  The lecture will cost $20 for BBG members, $25 for non-members, and you may register online at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413-298-3926.

  • Saturday, September 25, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Traveling Landscape Design Clinic

    This fast-paced, information saturated clinic sponsored by the Berkshire Botanical Garden will be held at the homes of several of the workshop participants on Saturday, September 25, from 9 am – 5 pm. An active discussion format will focus on common design principles. Problem solving, conceptualizing a landscape master plan and understanding the design process are among the topics to be explored. All attendees will participate in the process of observing and designing. Should time permit, you will visit some of Walter’s projects completed or in-process. This field trip will be held rain or shine. If you would like your property to be one of the site visits, let BBG know. There will be a $40 charge for design visits which may last up to one hour.

    Walter Cudnohufsky is owner of Walter Cudnohufsky Associates Landscape Architects, Ashfield, Mass. He is the founder, and for twenty years the director, of the Conway School of Landscape Design. Mr. Cudnohufsky received his M.L.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Design and his firm has received numerous awards and Walter has been recognized as an outstanding educator.
    $85 for BBG members, $90 for non-members. Register online at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413-298-3926.

  • Thursday, November 5, 6:00 – 8:00 pm – Conservation By Design

    The Conway School of Landscape Design, The Trustees of Reservations, the North County Land Trust and Leominster Land Trust present Randall Arendt in a free public lecture at the Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Mass.

    Thursday, November 5: 6:00 – Reception; 6:45 – 8:00 PM – Lecture
    The talk is free and open to the public, but space is limited. RSVP to 413.853.3034 or events@csld.edu.

    Conservation by Design: A Practical Strategy for Preserving Town-wide Open Space Networks will stress practical techniques that enable developers and local officials to work together to accomplish their different objectives in a way that helps preserve natural assets and rural character.

    Mr. Arendt will share numerous examples of designs that achieve both economic and environmental goals. He has designed conservation subdivisions in various landscapes and regions in 21 states, and his designs have been featured in publications of the American Planning Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Association of Realtors.

    For more information, please visit http://www.csld.edu/whatsnew.htm.

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