Featured Events
ELA Virtual Conference & Eco-Marketplace – 2021
Wed, March 3 @ 8:30 am EST - Thu, March 4 @ 3:30 pm EST
Webinar: Foliage & Focal Points: Ideas for Budgets and Gardens of All Sizes
Wed, March 31 @ 12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Webinar: Proper Planting Practices: Are We Landscaping in a Deficit Model?
Wed, April 7 @ 12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Webinar: Maximizing Space in the Garden: Creating More of a Good Thing
Wed, April 14 @ 12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Beauty and Biodiversity at Cornell’s Mundy Wildflower Garden
Wed, May 5 @ 12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Webinar: The Journey of Edible Landscapes
Wed, May 12 @ 12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Featured Articles
The Beauty of Blue Carbon
By Hilary Stevens
Coastal wetlands are a valuable component of our landscape for many reasons. They provide habitat to many species that are important for fisheries and recreation. They reduce wave energy and help mitigate coastal flooding. It turns out that they also help control the rise of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by trapping carbon dioxide in plants and in soils.
Dry Stone Wall Art
By Daniel Peterson
UNESCO inscribed the art of dry stone walling knowledge and techniques in its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. Dry stone has been used by virtually every culture worldwide for thousands of years. My journey with stone started at a very early age on a farm in central Minnesota and then progressed into using stone in the landscape.
Reconnecting With The Forest
By Dr. Thomas RaShad Easley
How can we reconnect with the forest as well as ourselves, regardless of our community makeup? How can we steward forests as a resource in a neutral manner? We can all find ways to invite others into forested land by looking through a relationship lens rather than a personal ideal lens.
Climate Change and Invasive Species
By Carrie Brown-Lima
Invasive species are on the rise as trade and travel accelerate the introduction and spread of new species in a way never seen before. Simultaneously, our climate is changing at an unprecedented rate resulting in climate extremes. While these two phenomena are each daunting challenge to biodiversity, their impacts can act synergistically and present additional hurdles for conservation and sustainability.
Recent Articles
Nature’s Sanctuary
By Gregg Tepper
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, a level-II accredited arboretum located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, features a unique space called “Nature’s Sanctuary.” This one-acre space, which previously served as the cemetery’s dumpsite, now uses a managed successional plan that will gradually transition from a sunny meadow to a meadow/woodland combination and, finally, a mature forest. This article focuses on the range of native plant species grown in this one-acre space and doing so with deer pressure.
What Is Rewilding?
by Heather McCargo and Anna Fialkoff
The term rewilding first appeared in the conservation world in the 1980s with a continental-scale vision to protect large tracts of wilderness and connect these areas with migration corridors. Maine’s Wild Seed Project considers rewilding to be not just for the large wilderness areas or charismatic megafauna like wolves. Instead, they focus on actions that people can take right outside their doors.
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ELA’s one- and two-day regional conferences offer cutting-edge knowledge, useful information, CEU’s, and invaluable opportunities for engagement with fellow professionals. Conference sponsors present their ecologically-focused products and services while supporting ecological education.

“A Focus on Sustainability” is an interactive webinar series geared to the needs of landscape professionals and gardeners. Experts from across the country present a wide range of topics relevant to sustainability. Webinars are developed in collaboration with several like-minded, ecologically-focused organizations that also provide regional education programs.