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October 2021
Class: A Holistic Guide for the Modern Land Steward
Through personal stories and observations of hundreds of installed projects, Trevor Smith covers a broad range of topics, including regenerative design, green infrastructure, adaptive strategies in the face of climate change, the importance of maintaining your own health and well being, and ways to challenge the norms in pursuit of authentic results.
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2021 Season’s End Summit
Join us to explore the lessons we can learn by analyzing original designs and assessing the mature landscapes that resulted. The findings will offer insights, inspiration, and a few surprises to consider for your future designs.
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Webinar: Blue Carbon – The Role of Estuaries in Combating Climate Change
A Focus on Sustainability - Salt marshes, seagrass beds, and mangroves can capture and store carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, helping to mitigate the effects of climate change. Learn how this "blue carbon" cycles through coastal systems, what makes these environments so efficient at carbon sequestration, and what measures can help to protect and restore coastal ecosystems.
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Eco-Answers with an ELA Eco-Pro – Specialty Gardens
Specialty Gardens: Member Event Penn Marchael will start the evening with brief opening remarks about a couple of specialty gardens; then he'll jump right into your questions for the bulk of this interactive Q&A session.
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2021 Regenerative Solutions for Resilient Landscapes – Connections
Recognizing the critical connections in our landscapes and ecosystems, can we truly appreciate and steward the land effectively for future generations. Join this important discussion to learn more.
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Webinar: Nature’s Sanctuary – Challenges of and Solutions for a SITES Gold Landscape
A Focus on Sustainability - Join Horticulturist Gregg Tepper to learn about and understand the history and challenges of a SITES Gold landscape and real-world solutions to achieve the desired results.
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Advanced Ecological Design Workshop with Larry Weaner
Advanced Ecological Design Workshop: Demand for high performing, ecology-based landscapes is increasing faster than the availability of the specialized knowledge needed for practitioners to achieve them. This intensive two-session course (December 1 and December 15) will provide concrete, real-world guidance for selecting and arranging native plants in gardens and restoration projects, as well as provide attendees with the opportunity to employ these techniques through an assignment between the first and second sessions.
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Eco-Answers: End of Season Maintenance
During this 90-minute live Zoom Q&A, Kerry O'Kelly will provide a quick overview of season's-end garden chores and then she will jump right into your questions for the bulk of the Q&A session.
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Ecological Plant Conference – 2021
This year, the Ecological Plant Conference (EPC) will delve into five plant-centric topics to educate, entertain, and inspire you. Join us for the sixth annual EPC deep dive into plants old and new.
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Webinar: Taking on the Big Places: How to Build and Maintain Self-Sufficient Landscapes
A Focus on Sustainability - Using case studies from Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary, Dan Jaffe Wilder will explain various strategies for creating and maintaining large landscapes with ecology and self-sustainability at the forefront.
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Eco-Friendly Healthy Eating: Nutrition to Support Landscape Professionals and Gardeners
A Focus on Sustainability - In this webinar, Samantha McCarthy, registered dietitian, will discuss how to incorporate an eco-friendly diet pattern into your life not only to help the planet, but also to improve your health and support the high physical demand put on landscape professionals
Find out more »Webinar: Sharing the Adventure – Design Communications for Ecological Landscapes
A Focus on Sustainability - When a designed landscape succeeds, it’s a sign that there’s been strong communication across the project team. In this presentation, Toby Wolf will explore strategies for making the design process a shared adventure.
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