ELA Webinar: Close to Home: Designing Foundation Gardens for the Modern Environment
Foundation gardens became popular about a century ago, but times have changed. Let’s reimagine this planting area, a place residents see every day. In this talk, we’ll explore the potential of foundation gardens to incorporate native plants, protect birds, improve fire safety, and enhance the beauty of a property.
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FREE for members
$10 for non-members
About our speaker: Kathy Connolly is a landscape designer who specializes in naturalized designs, low-impact landscape techniques, and native plants. In addition to her design projects, she gives more than 30 talks, tours, and workshops annually. She began speaking about the problems and opportunities of foundation gardens in 2012, yet there continues to be new information each year. She is writing a book on the topic, “Foundation Gardens: Plants and Designs for a Changing World.”
Kathy has a master’s degree from the Conway Graduate Program in Sustainable Landscape Planning and Design. Visit Kathy’s website: www.SpeakingofLandscapes.com.
