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Tag: wild landscapes

  • Sunday, February 9, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Authentic, Immediate, and Alive: Design Lessons from Wild Landscapes

    This February 9 program at The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, Groton, is free and open to the public; made possible by a grant from the Groton Trust Funds’ Lecture Fund. It is co-sponsored by the Groton Garden Club and the Nashua River Watershed Association.

    What if our back yards could inspire, challenge, and delight us in the same ways that wild places do? For this year’s topic, join Groton’s own landscape architect Toby Wolf as he presents Authentic. Immediate, and Alive: Design Lessons from Wild Landscapes.

    Toby will explore ways that designed landscapes can draw from the ecology and the human experience of fields and forests. He will describe design strategies that not only support biodiversity and protect waterways, but also foster meaningful encounters with the natural world. Along the way, Toby will highlight some native plant species that can bring life and resilience to any New England garden Snow Date: February 16 –  Check NRWA@NashuaRiverWatershed.org for weather cancellation.

  • Tuesday, July 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Design Inspirations from New England’s Wild Landscapes

    Recapture the flavor of your favorite part of New England by designing a native plant community into your garden.  This Tuesday, July 10 lecture at Garden in the Woods in Framingham will include several examples of local naturalistic landscapes, some wild sites that “just grew,” some managed natural landscapes, and some that were designed as a recreation of a woodland, seacoast, or meadow location.  The instructor will be Laura Eisener, principal landscape designer at Laura D. Eisener Landscape Design.  Fee is $24 for NEWFS and ELA members, $29 for nonmembers.  Register at www.ecolandscaping.org.