An excerpt from Cape Cod Chronicle article by Kristin Andres, Associate Director for Education and Informational Services for the Association to Preserve Cape Cod My garden (which is really the…
Designing Ecological Landscapes
Landscapes that mimic natural systems deliver important ecosystem services and are also aesthetically pleasing. Guided by principles that reduce resource consumption, ecologically designed landscapes provide natural solutions when land is disturbed by the construction of buildings or roadways, and they support landscaped communities from tiny rooftops to grand urban parks.
ELA Members receive exclusive rate to Noel Kingsbury’s Garden Masterclass webinar series
Garden Masterclass aims to bring together gardeners and designers with the very best and most innovative people in the gardening world through one day workshops (mostly in Britain) and webinars….
The Opposite of Extinction
This article first appeared in Arnoldia magazine 81:2, Summer 2024, and is republished here with permission. Nick Anderson is one of the featured speakers at the 2024 Season’s End Summit…
Navigating the Gas to Battery Transition: The Future of Landscaping in New Jersey
By Richard A. McCoy Owner/ President of McCoy Horticultural Services, Inc. American Green Zone Alliance (AGZA) Northeast Representative Member, ELA, NJNLA, and NJLCA Over the past few years, mainly during…
The Hype about Ecotypes
This article by Shannon Kingsley first appeared in WildfloraRI, Spring 2023 Shannon Kingsley is the botanist for ReSeeding RI For the ReSeeding Rhode Island Initiative—RIWPS’s five-year plan to amplify native, ecotypic…
Decentering the ‘Tree Museum’: Colonial Narratives in Environmental Conservation and Botanical Science
by Tracy Qiu, Doctoral Candidate, Concordia University (Montreal) This article is a summary of a presentation from ELA’s 30th Annual Conference. The presentation, Decentering the “Tree Museum”: Colonial Narratives in…
Botanic Gardens Conservation International Announce Seed Conservation Awards
The winners of the Seed Conservation Awards were announced in August at an awards ceremony held at the 8th Global Botanic Garden Congress in Singapore! This year, the Seed…
Northeast Seed Network – A seed strategy for the Northeast U.S.
by Michael Piantedosi, Director of Conservation, Native Plant Trust Over the last few years, an increase in demand for New England native plants has intersected with a well-documented bottleneck in…
Meadows – Dream and Reality
by Filippine Hoogland and Fiona Mitchell As a new generation of landscape designers have successfully convinced the public of the aesthetic appeal of meadows, meadowscapes have become increasingly popular. Hiring…
Highlights from Healthy Pots, Healthy Planet 2023 State of the Pot
Since the publication of our “Plastic Pots and the Green Industry” research paper in 2020, the Healthy Pots, Healthy Planet committee has worked not only to build a coalition but…
Foraging Meals and Medicines from the Landscape
by Charlene L. Briggs Earth Visions Consulting “In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific…
Silver Linings and Lemonade: Lessons Learned from an Arboretum Post-Natural Disaster
By Kathleen V Salisbury Director, Ambler Arboretum of Temple University All images courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted On September 1, 2021, the 187-acre Ambler Arboretum was directly and…
