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Tag: plant design

  • Friday, December 14, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Quest for Resilience: Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Plant Design Webinar

    What do changing weather patterns mean with regard to how we design the landscape? In this Ecological Landscape Alliance webinar on December 14 from 1:30 – 2:30, Laura Hansplant will examine the concept of resilience with regard to landscape design.

    Using a series of case studies and practical examples, she will discuss how we can replicate plant community dynamics and structure to foster robust and adaptable landscapes. She will also emphasize the importance of cultural expectations and their implications for ecologically-based planting design.

    Laura Hansplant is a landscape architect and co-owner at Roofmeadow. Previously with Andropogon Associates, she has over 20 years’ experience in sustainable landscape design. She has worked on projects in a variety of locations ranging from Toronto to Virginia. Her current work explores dynamic approaches to planting design for urban landscapes. Free for ELA members, $10 for nonmembers. Register at www.ecolandscaping.com.

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  • Sunday, February 11, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Plant Combinations for a Long Season of Bloom

    You can enjoy colorful and fragrant flowers even in January, long before the vernal equinox and have blooms celebrate all of the other seasons – spring, summer and fall! This is not a fanciful ideal and you don’t need a heated greenhouse or conservatory. Landscape Horticulturist Warren Leach will introduce plants and planting combination to extend your garden enjoyment in a free (with admission to the garden) lecture at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, February 11 from 2:30 – 3:30.

    Warren Leach is co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth MA, a specialty nursery that is a prominent grower of daylilies, iris and distinctive perennials and woody plants. Warren is a passionate plant collector and landscape horticulturist with a depth of knowledge of all garden plants – both perennial and woody plants and tropical and temperate. He is also a distinguished and award-winning garden designer. Warren enjoys sharing his horticultural and garden design knowledge with others through garden lectures, mentoring and through the gardens that he designs. For more information visit https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—plant-combinations-for-a-long-season-of-bloom

  • Wednesday and Thursday, March 8 and 9 – The 23rd Annual ELA Conference and Eco-Marketplace

    The Ecological Landscape Alliance presents the 23rd Annual ELA Conference & Eco-Marketplace on March 8 and 9 at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Explore topics ranging from the role of aesthetics in ecological restoration to the carnivore’s role in the soil foodweb as we look for ways to design, build, and restore the landscape.

    March 8 includes:
    * Two workshops: The Power of Plants and Artful Stormwater Design
    * Keynote speaker: Noel Kingsbury, international, master plantsman and author
    Keynote Address: The Evolution of the Ecological Planting Design

    March 9 features eight Sessions and four Idea Exchanges covering a range of ecological topics including:
    * Landscapes as a Source of Environmental Change
    * The Art of Gardening -Techniques from Chanticleer
    * The Science of Soil Biology During Extended Drought
    * Native Grass and Wildflower Seeding

    Immerse yourself in this two-day exploration of principles and practices that support the living landscape.

    Full conference brochure and registration information is available at www.ecolandscaping.org.

  • 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.