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Tag: native plant design

  • Thursdays, October 2 – October 23, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm – New England Native Plant Design

    This Berkshire Botanical Garden four-week course, held on Thursdays, October 2 – 23, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will help students better understand the principles and practices of ecological gardening with a focus on native plant communities. Students will learn the native plant palette, resources needed to identify these communities, and habitats and methods of introducing native plants into gardens. Identifying and controlling invasive plant species, in addition to restoring areas that have been impacted by invasives, will also be highlighted. Gardeners will learn how to enhance garden spaces with native plants that create sustainable and low maintenance gardens. This course will be taught by Bridghe McCracken of Helia Land Design.

    Three years ago, HNN was founded by horticulturalist and landscape designer Bridghe McCracken, after the sale of Project Native, a non-profit where she was Chief Landscape Designer for ten years. The founding of HNN was a solution to continue her and Project Native’s mission to save unique Berkshire native plant seed and propagate plants from those seeds, to be sold to landscape design clients and the public, part of an effort to restore and expand the strained ecosystem in the Berkshires.

    BBG members $215, nonmembers $240. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/new-england-native-plant-design-0

  • Tuesday, May 19, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – Native Plant Design for Human Health Webinar

    Native plants have great applications to human health. Using a multi-perspective lens, this Native Plant Trust online session on May 19 from 10:30 – 2:30 focuses on therapeutic landscape research, design principles, and specific plant properties. Come learn the theories behind healing landscapes and elements of healing gardens that you can integrate into your own projects. We will also address native plants’ edible and medicinal benefits, as well as how native plant design enhances habitat and a wider human health system. Staci Jasin leads the class, which is $60 for NPT members and $72 for nonmembers. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org.

  • Friday, October 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Native Plant Design Symposium

    Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants, announces a Native Plant Design Symposium in partnership with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, featuring experts in ecological design and in landscape architecture. It will take place Friday, October 25, from 10 – 5 at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Nature Center in Bristol, Rhode Island (pictured below). Space is limited and early registration is encouraged. Visit the “Learn” section of http://nativeplanttrust.org to sign up.

    The full day event highlights ecological design methods and strategies using native plants in both public and private spaces, and the role of native plants in shaping our ecosystems. It includes a keynote address by Ann Kearsley of Rhode Island School of Design, a panel discussion, and workshops. The Symposium will address large-scale issues, such as design’s role in habitat restoration.