ELA 2025 Conference Materials
The 2025 ELA Annual Conference was held virtually on February 26 and 27, 2025. Thank you to our conference sponsors, Ernst Conservation Seed and Kelly D. Norris for their support and thanks to the many volunteers who made the event possible.
Conference Recordings
| Day 1: February 26, 2025 |
Day 2: February 27, 2025 |
| Kelly Norris, Keynote | Your Natural Garden: Design and Stewardship in Living Landscapes |
Banu Subramaniam, Keynote | For the Love of Plants |
| Kate England, Boston’s Green Infrastructure Revolution |
Ethan Kauffman, Celebrating the Diversity of Native Plants at Stoneleigh |
| Jessica Brooks, P.E., Green City, Clean Waters – Incorporating Green Infrastructure into an Urban Environment |
Barbara Conolly, The Seven Pillars of Sustainable Landscape Design |
| Marie Chieppo, Redesigning the Future of Plastic Plant Containers |
Michael Guidi, Shrouded in Light: Naturalistic Planting Inspired by Wild Shrublands |
| Dan Raichel, Neonics, the Toxic Truth: The Pesticides Threatening Bees, Birds, and Our Health |
John Odell, Worcester Miyawaki Forests and CoolPockets Project |
| Robyn Elman, Monarch Butterflies & Their Habitat: Engaging Public and Local Government in Habitat Protection & Policy |
Ben Futa, Local & Independent: Cultivating Community in a Neighborhood Public Garden |
| Sara Weaner Cooper, An Organic Lawn-to-Meadow Conversion & Shifting Mindsets: “Oh, You’re the Meadow House!” |
Nick Brazee, Beech Leaf Disease in Massachusetts: From Bad to Worse |
| Joy Cirigliano, HELP: Habitat & Ecosystem Land Pro – How to Monetize the Ecological Landscape Business Model |
Theresa Culley, The Role of Public Gardens in Identifying New Potential Invasive Plants in Our Landscape |
| Monique Allen, How to build and improve team dynamics for better productivity |
Gregg Tepper, Nature’s Sanctuary: IPM Lessons Learned and Tips for Effective Stewardship |
| Dan Mabe, AGZA Green Zone Certification |
Jason Duverney-Gaspar, Horticulture NYC: Learning, Growing and Practicing Horticulture in Community |
Conference Evaluation
February 26 Evaluation
February 27 Evaluation
CEU’s
LA CES credits are available for the following sessions. Follow the link(s) to complete the necessary quiz. Certificates will be distributed to those who complete each quiz.
February 26 CEU Quiz
February 27 CEU Quiz
Speaker Handouts
February 26
February 27
