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  • Wednesday – Friday, September 23 – 25 – Olmsted Network 2026 Annual Conference

    The Olmsted Network’s 2026 Annual Conference—The Power of Connection: Shaping Resilient Public Landscapes—will convene park leaders, designers, advocates, funders, policymakers, and practitioners from across the country September 23 – 25 to explore how connection shapes resilient public landscapes.

    Set against the backdrop of Portland Oregon’s renowned park system and enduring Olmsted legacy, this year’s conference examines the relationships that sustain public spaces—linking people to parks, history to innovation, and vision to stewardship.

    As public landscapes face mounting pressures from climate change, funding constraints, public health needs, and evolving community expectations, the conference offers a timely forum for collaboration and problem-solving. Through panels, roundtables, and site visits, participants will exchange ideas, strengthen partnerships, and gain practical strategies to support the future of public spaces.

    Grounded in the principles of Frederick Law Olmsted while looking firmly toward the future, the conference invites participants to learn from the communities and environments of the Pacific Northwest and to experience connection in action: between parks and policy, design and equity, and climate response and cultural stewardship. As public landscapes face mounting pressures from climate change, funding constraints, public health needs, and evolving community expectations, the conference offers a timely forum for collaboration and problem-solving. Through panels, roundtables, and site visits, participants will exchange ideas, strengthen partnerships, and gain practical strategies to support the future of public spaces.

    Grounded in the principles of Frederick Law Olmsted while looking firmly toward the future, the conference invites participants to learn from the communities and environments of the Pacific Northwest and to experience connection in action: between parks and policy, design and equity, and climate response and cultural stewardship.

    Additional information about conference scholarships, hotel blocks, and LA CES is available below. For logistical questions, please contact Ella Menees, Logistics & Engagement Manager, at emenees@olmsted.org.

    Tickets & Pricing
    Each ticket includes access to the welcome reception, conference sessions, happy hour, and awards dinner (with RSVP), as well as two breakfasts, two lunches, and a swag bag. The menu is available here; let us know of any food allergies during registration.

    June 1 to September 15:
    Partner (with code): $350
    Student (with scholarship code): $40
    Regular: $400

    Partner Code & Scholarship Codes:
    All listed partner organizations will be provided a partner discount code for $350 tickets. This code will come to your organization’s listed contact via email. You can also reach out to us if needed. Visit https://olmsted.org/events/2026-annual-conference/

  • Saturday, February 19, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, and Sunday, February 20, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Maine Home, Remodeling & Garden Show

    On February 19 & 20, 2011, the 21st Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show will return to the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine for the first show filled with inspirational ideas plus unique products and services for the home and garden. The show will bring together a unique blend of home-and-garden-related products and services, quality merchandise from regional artists and artisans, product demonstrations, and expert advice from home and garden pros. Also represented are exhibitors from a wide variety of businesses and services ranging from national franchises to entrepreneurial start-ups. Meet the Chefs features guest chefs from the most popular kitchens in Maine and New Hampshire as large audiences pack the studio kitchens to watch the chefs prepare culinary delights-and to sample the results. The Smart Homeowner Seminars offer cutting edge information to show attendees on eco-friendly and green products and services. The All Things Growing Seminars, garden marketplaces and landscape displays offer a vast assortment of plants, shrubs, flowers and garden supplies.  For additional information you may call 207-935-2845, or log on to www.homegardenflowershow.com.

  • Saturday, July 19, 10 – 11:30 a.m. – Herbs in The Country of the Pointed Firs

    Landscape Gardener Nancy Wetzel takes a fascinating look at medicinal herbs, the historic importance of community herbalists, and herb gardens through the lens of author Sarah Orne Jewett’s 1896 book The Country of the Pointed Firs. Visiting Historic New England’s Sarah Orne Jewett House at 5 Portland Street in South Berwick, Maine is a special treat, and to see the home in combination with this presentation is an extraordinary opportunity.  Writer Sarah Orne Jewett spent much of her life in this stately Georgian residence, owned by her family since 1819. The view from her desk in the second-floor hall surveys the town’s major intersection and provided her with material for her books, such as The Country of the Pointed Firs, which describe the character of the Maine countryside and seacoast with accuracy and affection. Registration is required – call 207-384-2454, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org for directions and more information.