ELA Events Calendar – beta

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Eco-tour: Native Shrubs and Shrublands: Lessons From Nature

Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 10:30 am

Join Dan Wilder for a tour of one of his favorite (and unknown) sites with fantastic shrub diversity in Brimfield, Massachusetts. We will explore a shrub-dominated community to discuss the role of shrubs in natural landscapes and see what lessons we can employ in residential landscapes. Location will be confirmed after reservation.

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ELA Webinar: Science in Action: Ten Years of restoring native plant-pollinator functional diversity at Breakneck Hill

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 12:00 pm

Plant-pollinator diversity is declining at an alarming rate worldwide, with many historically abundant plant and pollinator species undergoing rapid local extinction and others soon to follow if immediate conservation action is not taken.

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ELA Webinar: Maintenance and Management in Natural Landscapes

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - 6:00 pm

Marie Chieppo will discuss case studies that provide a new meaning to the role of landscape maintenance.

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ELA Webinar: Close to Home: Designing Foundation Gardens for the Modern Environment

Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 12:00 pm

Foundation gardens became popular about a century ago, but times have changed. Let’s reimagine this planting area, a place residents see every day.

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