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Tag: Landscape Design

  • Tuesdays, February 9 – March 22, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Residential Landscape Design

    This multi-session New England Wild Flower Society course, appropriate for beginners, tackles the different aspects of the landscape design process. Workshop sessions with instructor Karen Sebastian will focus on design methods using site analysis techniques and schematic design tools. You will consult with the instructor and work on a project of your own choosing. Discussions about plants and habitat will be interspersed with lectures on design principles, including criteria for making plant choices and determining placement in the landscape. A list of required materials will be provided at the first class. The course takes place at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Tuesdays from 6 – 8 beginning February 9 and ending March 22. NEWFS member price $215, nonmembers $254. Register online at www.newfs.org.

  • Monday, April 6, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Water Conservation: Landscape Design Strategies

    Each year millions are spent on designing, building, and maintaining landscapes that use too many unsustainable resources and rely on unsustainable practices. There is little thought given to water conservation in traditional landscape design and the result is a continuing depletion of our water resources. Gary Krause is committed to landscapes designed with water conservation in mind. As drought conditions become the norm in many parts of the country, the need for water-conscious landscape design becomes more critical. This one hour webinar presentation on Monday, April 6, beginning at 5:30 pm, will address many water conservation techniques including plant choices, material selection, and irrigation options. With careful planning, landscape designs can provide alternatives to our clients and create sustainable landscapes that are both beautiful and water-conscious. The cost to register is $10, and the sponsor is the Ecological Landscaping Alliance.

    Gary Krause holds a degree in design and maintains a wide range of certifications including permeable pavers, drainage systems, rainwater harvesting, and is a Certified Sustainable Landscaper. Gary has over 30 years’ experience in gardening, landscape design, construction, and maintenance. Gary believes that the future for sustainable landscapes is very promising thanks to all of the new technology in plant genetics, ‘Smart Water’ irrigation products, and other water-conserving innovations.
    – See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/webinar-water-conservation-landscape-design-strategies/#sthash.9Lz6Wsvm.dpuf

  • Tuesdays, April 7 – April 28, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, and Saturdays, April 18 & 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Fundamentals of Landscape Design

    This Massachusetts Horticultural Society six session course in landscape design is directed to the do-it-yourself home gardeners who would like to design their own garden space. Mark Ahronian of Ahronian Landscaping and Design will lead you through all the steps of designing your chosen space. The goal is for participants to leave the class with a complete design of their own making.

    Course is $275 for Mass Hort members, $300 for non-members.  Course meets at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, on Tuesday evenings, April 5 – April 28 6:30-8:30pm, and two Saturday mornings, April 18 and April 25 10am-Noon.

    Registration is limited and pre-registration is required. Register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/94/422|427|430|433/fundamentals-of-landscape-design?filter_reset=1.

  • Monday, March 9, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Water Conservation: Landscape Design Strategies

    Each year millions are spent on designing, building, and maintaining landscapes that use too many unsustainable resources and rely on unsustainable practices. There is little thought given to water conservation in traditional landscape design and the result is a continuing depletion of our water resources. Gary Krause is committed to landscapes designed with water conservation in mind. As drought conditions become the norm in many parts of the country, the need for water-conscious landscape design becomes more critical. This Ecological Landscaping Alliance webinar presentation on Monday, March 9 from 5:30 – 6:30 will address many water conservation techniques including plant choices, material selection, and irrigation options. With careful planning, landscape designs can provide alternatives to our clients and create sustainable landscapes that are both beautiful and water-conscious.

    Gary Krause holds a degree in design and maintains a wide range of certifications including permeable pavers, drainage systems, rainwater harvesting, and is a Certified Sustainable Landscaper. Gary has over 30 years’ experience in gardening, landscape design, construction, and maintenance. Gary believes that the future for sustainable landscapes is very promising thanks to all of the new technology in plant genetics, ‘Smart Water’ irrigation products, and other water-conserving innovations.
    – See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/webinar-water-conservation-landscape-design-strategies/#sthash.lCiWYbzT.dpuf

  • Monday, March 2 & Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, and Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm – Bones of the Garden: Strengthening the Design

    Every memorable landscape has something in common — strong “bones.” The placement of trees and shrubs creates form, directs movement, and organizes the garden. Learn to situate and integrate these stately elements into the cultivated landscape. Explore the concepts of scale, the creation of space, and the impact of change over time. You will experience first-hand how understanding these concepts can change your approach. Using this knowledge, you will develop your own site-specific design and receive feedback on design structure and plant combinations. During the final session of this New England Wild Flower Society course, inspect the “bones” of Garden in the Woods with a late winter walk. The three session class will be held Monday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 4 from 6:30 – 9, and on Saturday, March 7, from 9:30 – 1:30, and will be taught by Cheryl Salatino. Fee is $138 for NEWFS members, $163 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.newenglandwild.org/learn/our-programs/bones-of-the-garden-strengthening-the-design. Image from https://www.jardins-sans-secret.com.

  • Wednesday, September 24, 7:00 pm – Plant Combinations for a Long Season of Interest

    The late season garden is full of dynamic contrasts – melding colorful late blooms, maturing fruit, fiery foliage and the plumes of ornamental grasses. Join Landscape Horticulturist Warren Leach of Tranquil Lake Nursery on Wednesday, September 24 at 7 pm for an in-depth look at exciting plants to add to your late season garden display. Warren will offer design ideas using before and after images of gardens he has designed and planted. Fall is an ideal time for planting and adding glorious fall fireworks to your own garden. The class will be held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, and the fee is $15 for members of Tower Hill, $25 for non members. Register on line at www.towerhillbg.org. Image from www.rhs.org.uk.

  • Monday, February 28 & Wednesday, March 2, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, and Saturday, March 5, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm – Bones of the Garden: Strengthening the Design

    Every memorable landscape has one thing in common – strong “bones”. The placement of trees and shrubs creates form, directs movement and organizes the garden space. With instructor Cheryl Salatino, learn to select, situate, and integrate these stately elements into the cultivated landscape. Explore the concepts of creating space, the impact of plant growth over time in locating structural elements, and review a selection of native plant varieties that are well-suited for New England sites. Using your new knowledge, develop your own site-specific design. Receive feedback on designs and plant combinations, and during the final session, inspect the “bones” of Garden in the Woods with a late winter walk. Three sessions, Feb. 28 and March 2, 6:30 pm – 9 pm, and March 5, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm. For more information, log on to www.newfs.org. $98 for NEWFS and Arnold Arboretum (co-sponsor) members, $117 for non-members.  Image from www.agardeninthecity.com.

  • Thursday, February 25, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – ELA Annual Conference and Marketplace

    The Ecological Landscaping Association will hold its Annual Conference and Marketplace on Thursday, February 25, beginning at 8:00 am at the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Learn how to maximize biological potential, minimize environmental impacts, and obtain spectacular results.  Sessions will focus on water use, landscape design, and practical skills.  You may also visit the Eco-Marketplace.  Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, will share his design approach to sustainable landscaping.  There will also be a Keynote Dinner at 6:45 PM.  For admission data, contact www.ecolandscaping.org, telephone 617-436-5838, or email elawebmaster@verizon.net.

  • Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 pm – Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape

    The Maynard Community Gardeners host noted landscape historian and designer Marie Stella for a discussion on Responsible Gardening for the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape.

    Ms. Stella teaches in the Graduate program at The Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and currently is an adjunct faculty instructor in landscape design at The New York Botanical Garden, and Tower Hill Botanical Garden. She also lectures frequently and leads local and foreign Garden History Tours.  She will be speaking to The Garden Club of the Back Bay in March, in a program co-sponsored by The Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture and the New England Wildflower Society, but this lecture will be on a different topic, so attending on November 17 will not be repetitive.

    Her design firm, Kirin Farm Enterprises specializes in environmental landscapes and in initiatives to foster the preservation of open space.

    Her latest design project is a Platinum certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) home and sustainable landscape.

    This lecture is free and open to the public.  For more information, log on to www.maynardgardeners.org, or email info@maynardgardners.org.

    Marie Stella

  • Saturday, November 7, 10 am – 12 noon – Impressionist in the Garden

    Gardening became a popular pastime in nineteenth-century France when exotic plants began arriving in quantity and rapid advances were made in hybridizing.  At the same time, vast renovations to its boulevards and parks turned Paris into an urban garden. The Impressionist painters recognized and appreciated the new interest in horticulture and hastened to picture it, as this lecture at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in West Stockbridge will show, as a sign of their modernity.  Colta Ives is Curator Emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York where she has prepared exhibitions on Manet, Degas, Gauguin, Bonnard, and Van Gogh (see catalog cover below).  She has cultivated a woodland garden in Monterey, Massachusetts for more than thirty years and holds an M.S. in Landscape Design from Columbia University.  She is currently designing gardens in the Berkshires, Westchester County, and New York City. The date is Saturday, November 7, from 10 – noon, and the cost for BBG members is $16, non-members $21.  For more information, log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org.

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