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The Ecological Landscape Alliance educates, inspires, and empowers people to value biodiverse landscapes and employ ecological practices.

Advanced Design Workshop

Plant Systems for the Anthropocene: Strategies for Design and Care
with Claudia West
November 10th | 9 AM - 3:30 PM

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Georgia H.

"Can I just say I have enjoyed all the lectures, conferences, classes and tours put on by ELA. You are doing a fabulous job. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this really incredible resource."

Mark E.

"Thanks for providing the great professional society that I have been long searching for.... I am definitely a better, more informed practitioner for it."

Laura B.

"I really love ELA. Can't believe I only discovered y'all last year!"

Gloria P.

"Being an ELA member has allowed me ready access to resources that inspire and inform our new coastal landscapes initiative. I'm very thankful they exist!"

Virginia K.

"I want to thank you and ELA for having such a wonderful speaker talk about our native bees and plant partners. It was fantastic. Great photos."

Martha S.

"R&R was such an informative and interesting conference. Thanks to you all at ELA for hosting such an undertaking. I'm looking forward to using more of ELA as a resource going forward."

Susan H.

"I am really enjoying all the webinars that the Ecological Landscape Alliance is offering. Thank you so much for organizing them! I spread the news about them on my Constant Contact page for the NJ Native Plant Society. "

Cindy G.

"Fantastic! So many delicious offerings so well organized, so much energy, so many smiles! And just think of the abundance of skills, knowledge, deepened friendships, new connections, and inspired energy now out there, put to service, and passed on to still others! An astounding event! Hooray for everyone on the Conference Committee!"

Jonathan C.

"Thank you for a lovely and informative conference this past December. It was very well run and a joy to attend."

George R.

"I salute you on the excellent conference! It's cheering and edifying for my staff and me to be among so many people, old friends and new, who value horticulture and ecology."

Renee K.

"Thank you for offering courses via webinar - it really helps to save the professional development budget and travel time from my job. I find these information sessions very interesting, inspiring and informative."

Ginny S.

"You do a wonderful job with your newsletters. Everything might as well be a MUST Do with the way you present the programs. We appreciate your dedication to doing a good job, and are most impressed with ELA."

Mandy L.

"I just want to thank you for this latest Into the Weeds issue! I've been fascinated with "foodscaping" for quite some time now, so I'm thrilled to pieces with all of these articles! Such great information! Thank you, thank you!"