ELA Events

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March 2012

Wednesday, March 7 and Thursday, March 8, 2012
Springfield, MA
ELA Conference & Eco-Marketplace

Join designers, architects, builders, gardeners, arborists, and specialists of all kinds as we come together at this premier collaborative event to discover how to make the world—and our local landscapes—a better place for life to thrive. ELA’s 2012Conference offers a two-day schedule packed with educational opportunities to help you improve your corner of the globe.
Register today.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Framingham, MA
Forget-Me-Nots: Working with Clients

Join instructor, Tom Strangfeld, to learn how to effectively deal with clients.
Register today.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Weston, MA
Restoration Teamwork Wins the Day: A Stream-Side Case Study

Winning the invasives war within Wetland Resource Areas and buffer zones protectable under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act isn’t a simple proposition. Join the project team for this case study panel discussion.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Framingham, MA
Living Walls – Verticulture – Life Off the Wall

Learn about the environmental value of living walls and see how they can serve as an innovative way to overcome landscape challenges in confined spaces with dynamic results and take Urban Farming to new heights.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012  10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Watertown, MA
Recovery from Construction: A Case Study

Learn how to protect trees, soil, and other plantings during large-scale construction projects.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012  6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Newton, MA
Invasive Plants: Understanding the Threat to Our Parks and Backyards

Join invasive plant specialist and Newton native, Bruce Wenning, for a free walking tour at Cold Spring Park to learn how to identify several types of invasive plants and to learn what you can do in your own landscape to safely remove them.
Register today.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012  9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Framingham, MA
Designing on Your Feet

Learn to observe your surroundings and how to incorporate  them into landscape designs that fit the client and fit the site.
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Tuesday, July 10, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Framingham, MA
Design Inspirations from New England

Learn to include native plant communities in your designs to recapture the wild flavor or New England’s many natural settings.
Register today.

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