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  • Wednesdays, August 5 and August 12, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm – Advanced Design Online Workshop with Patrick Cullina

    As landscape architects and designers become more aware of the potential benefits that individual landscapes can achieve, the vital need for a paradigm shift is motivating professionals to accept their responsibility as land stewards. Designs based upon ecological principles consider plant selections for form and function but also for the resulting plant community that supports biodiversity and increased habitat.

    Led by award-winning horticulturist and landscape designer Patrick Cullina, this advanced design workshop will help designers to achieve key ecological landscape goals such as diversity and durability without sacrificing artistry. Mr. Cullina will guide workshop participants through plant selections to create dynamic, transformational landscapes that require fewer inputs while delivering increased ecosystem services.

    Informed by his broad range of projects from Maine through the Mid-Atlantic, Mr. Cullina’s workshop will explain how to develop locally appropriate design strategies guided by lessons from regional ecologies. Discussions will include site design, plant material selection for multi-season interest, as well as maintenance strategies that will lead to transformative landscapes. He will also review strategies for managing the various and challenging aspects of conceiving and implementing such designs successfully, including site assessment and soils, plant selection, planting plans and schedules, nurseries and the marketplace, landscape contractors and installation, landscape maintenance, and the roles of clients and regulatory agencies.

    As part of this full day August 5 Ecological Landscape Alliance design workshop, attendees will participate in a practical hands-on design charrette focused on implementing dynamic landscape principles. Charrette results will then be reviewed and discussed to round out the exercise. For ticket information visit https://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/advanced-design-workshop-with-patrick-cullina-8-5/#get-ticket

  • Wednesday, September 12, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Island Hopping: Landscape Design Lessons from Manhattan to Maine

    Patrick Cullina is an award-winning horticulturist, landscape designer, photographer, lecturer, and planning consultant with nearly twenty-five years of experience in the landscape and green infrastructure fields. The Polly Hill Arboretum, in conjunction with SBS:The Grain Store, are pleased to host Pat for a September 12 lecture at PHA, in which he will discuss design lessons through the lens of his current work. His talk will cover site design and plant and material selection with a particular focus on current projects in New York City, along Boston Harbor, on Long Island, and on a private island off the coast of Maine. Topics will include ecological inspirations from the coastal plain and other maritime environments and the roles they play in design choices.

    Pat has served as founding V. P. of Horticulture and Operations for New York City’s High Line, as Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s V.P. of Horticulture, Operations & Science Research and as Associate Director of the Rutgers University Gardens in affiliation with the school’s department of landscape architecture and the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science. His current practice is dedicated to the creation, development, establishment and maintenance of transformational living landscapes through the innovative integration of plants and management strategies, often in collaboration with some of the world’s leading architects, landscape architects and planners.

    The lecture begins at 5:30, and is $5 for PHA members, $10 for nonmembers. Call 508-696-9426 to register in advance.

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  • Thursday, August 2, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Wine, Cheese … and Trees

    The beautiful light of a Martha’s Vineyard summer evening— experience the magic of the Arboretum on this stroll through the Polly Hill Arboretum garden with horticultural consultant, designer, and photographer Patrick Cullina and PHA’s Tim Boland and Tom Clark. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the grounds and “talk trees” with this fun and incredibly knowledgeable group.

    Wine and cheese served from 5-7pm.  Tour beginning at 5:45pm .  Event fee $75/$65 for PHA members, refreshments are included in the price.

    Tickets must be purchased in advance, call 508-693-9426 or email Karin@pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • Wednesday, August 1, 7:30 pm – Shopping for Paradise: Gathering Perspective in the Pursuit of Plants

    Shopping for plants has gotten confusing. With the unending new plant varieties available, how do you distinguish real value from novelty? How do you discern great plants from the not-so-good, and does buying the best plants lead to the best gardens?

    Join Patrick Cullina at the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard, on Wednesday, August 1 beginning at 7:30 pm as he explores methods for navigating the nursery, shopping for the garden, and strategies for selecting beautiful plants one might otherwise miss. Cullina is a consultant, horticultural designer, and photographer who previously served as vice president of horticulture and park operations for Friends of the High Line in New York City as well as vice president at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. $10/$5 for PHA members. Sponsored by Middletown Nursery. To register, visit www.pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • Tuesday, October 4, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Greenway Conservancy Annual Meeting with Patrick Cullina

    Join the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy for the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 4, beginning with a reception at 5:30 pm, in the first floor conference room at 185 Kneeland Street.  Hear about the successes of the 2011 season on the Greenway.  The reception will be catered by Greenway food vendor BBQ Smith.  Special guest speaker Patrick Cullina (below,) a horticultural designer, photographer and lecturer who has served as Vice President of Horticulture and Park Operations for Friends of the High Line in New York City, and as Vice President of Horticulture, Operations and Science Research at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, will speak at 6 pm.  The program is free.  Please rsvp to Jenny at jwhelen@rosekennedygreenway.org.