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  • Wednesday, March 16, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Close Encounters with Nature: Native Design in the Residential Landscape, Online

    Few home landscapes can provide the stunning vistas of a Yosemite National Park, a vast midwestern prairie, or an ancient Appalachian mountain range. They can however, provide a far more intimate and interactive natural experience than visits to those landscapes ever could. In this March 16 New Directions in the American Landscape online session Larry Weaner will interweave a series of practical, ecologically-interactive landscape techniques, with the rich experiential rewards that applying those techniques can engender. $25. Register at www.ndal.org.

    It is time for native landscapes – and knowledge about how to foster them – to become mainstream. As we spend more time at home, gardeners who understand the ecologies of their home landscapes will be better equipped to make those landscapes both ecologically beneficial and aesthetically beautiful. Schools can similarly benefit, where administrators and educators can weave ecological gardening and landscaping principles into the curriculum.

  • Wednesdays, February 6, 13, 27, March 6, and 13, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Garden Design Workshop for Home Gardeners

    We may have the desire to make a garden, but then we grapple with where to start in designing our home garden spaces. Design a layout plan for an area of your yard in this beginner-level class in the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum over five Wednesdays evenings in February and March. Learn the organizational components of a coherent garden and practice the process of design with award-winning designer Christie Dustman. You will leave class with a plan in progress from which to continue your design explorations. This class is primarily about garden spaces rather than specific plant selection. You will be required to draw a base plan for your site (with tutelage in class) and will need to purchase some drawing tools and pay for copying. Other supplies will be provided. Limited to 16 students.Fee $150 Arboretum member, $188 nonmember. Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

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  • Tuesdays, February 6 – March 20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Residential Landscape Design

    This New England Wild Flower Society multisession course, appropriate for beginners, tackles the different aspects of the landscape design process. Workshop sessions 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 habitats will be interspersed with lectures on design principles, including criteria for making plant choices and determining placement in the landscape. The class will take place at Garden in the Woods in Framingham beginning Tuesday, February 6 from 6 – 8 and continue each Tuesday evening through March 20. The class will be taught by Karen Sebastian. $215 for NEWFS members, $254 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/residential-landscape-design-2

  • Wednesdays, January 10 – February 7, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Residential Landscape Design

    This multisession New England Wild Flower Society course, appropriate for beginners, tackles the different aspects of the landscape design process. Workshop sessions 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 habitats will be interspersed with lectures on design principles, including criteria for making plant choices and determining placement in the landscape. Classes are held at Garden in the Woods on Wednesdays, January 10, 17, 24, 31, and February 7 from 6-9, and are led by Cheryl Salatino of Dancing Shadows Garden Design. $215 for NEWFS members, $254 for nonmembers. Register online at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/residential-landscape-design-3

  • Thursdays, March 16 – April 27, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Residential Landscape Design

    This New England Wild Flower Society multi-session course at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, appropriate for beginners, tackles the different aspects of the landscape design process. Workshop sessions 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 sessions are held Thursdays, March 16 – April 27, from 6:30 – 8:30. $215 for NEWFS members, $254 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newfs.org.

  • Tuesdays, February 7 – March 21, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Residential Landscape Design

    This New England Wild Flower Society multi-session course, appropriate for beginners, tackles the different aspects of the landscape design process. Workshop sessions 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. Karen Sebastian leads the classes, which take place Tuesdays, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, and 21 from 6 – 8 at Garden in the Woods in Framingham. $215 for NEWFS members, $254 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newfs.org.  Image from www.bostondesignguide.com.

  • 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.

  • Thursday, December 11, 6:00 pm – Dwelling in Landscape

    Thursday, December 11, 6:00 pm – Dwelling in Landscape

    The New England Landscape Design and History Association (NELDHA) is pleased to announce that it is a co-sponsor of The Friends of Fairsted lecture on December 11, 2014, featuring Daniel Bluestone, Director of the Boston University Preservation Studies Program. His lecture, Dwelling in Landscape, will cover changing practices in residential landscape design. The lecture, at Wheelock College on Hawes Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, begins at 7:00 PM and is preceded by a Reception at 6:00 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public, but a reservation is required. Please RSVP to friendsoffairsted@gmail.com. Seating is limited.

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