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Can’t wait for spring? Try some Winter Sowing
By Mark Richardson on February 27, 2025 in Bulletin, Developing Healthy Landscapes, ELA Publications, Gardening Basics
by Roxanne Finn, The Conway School On a blustery midwinter day full of blotted gray skies salted with snow flurries, I stood in the cozy conference room at the Conway…
ELA 2024 Fall Conferences a Success!
ELA enthusiasts enjoyed three fall conferences this season – from the Ecological Plant Conference at Wave Hill (Bronx, New York) on October 25 to the Season’s End Summit at Community…
Sustainable Gardening Practices: Moving Away from Peat Moss in Potting Soil
By Mark Richardson on December 17, 2024 in Bulletin, Developing Healthy Landscapes, ELA Publications, Sustainability
Sustainable Gardening Practices: Moving Away from Peat Moss in Potting Soil by Michele Trucksis Peat moss, though commonly used in potting mixes, is a non-renewable resource that takes thousands of…
A Lazy Gal’s Garden
By Mark Richardson on December 16, 2024 in Biodiversity, Bulletin, Designing Ecological Landscapes, Developing Healthy Landscapes, ELA Publications
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…
ELA announces new partnership with NOFA
By Mark Richardson on November 25, 2024 in Bulletin, ELA News, ELA Publications, Resources, Uncategorized
Organic Land Care is a sustainable ecological landscaping system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity. The NOFA Organic Land Care Program fosters professional competency in…
The Opposite of Extinction
By Mark Richardson on November 21, 2024 in Bulletin, Conferences, Designing Ecological Landscapes, Native Plants
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…
