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August 2021
Class: Shade Gardens: Embracing the Dark Side
This shade gardening workshop blends site-specific assessment, design strategies, and plant options to help enliven your imagination.
Find out more »Class: Navigating Public Design – Part 2
In this workshop, we will build on the stakeholder collaboration processes to focus on vision-driven partnerships and fundraising.
Find out more »September 2021
Webinar: Designing for Dry Stone Walling in the Landscape
A Focus on Sustainability - Learn about the traditional dry stone construction methods with Daniel Peterson, HabAdapt Landscape Design, and discover the sustainability advantages of dry stone walls.
Find out more »Class: Cultivating Your Plant Communities
In this three-part workshop, learn to identify appropriate native plants and groupings for your site and create a personalized plant palette and design that is beautiful and enhances biodiversity.
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Webinar: Water Infiltration and Improved Soil Carbon Storage
A Focus on Sustainability - Ann English will explore strategies for increasing the carbon storage capacity of soil, including adding biochar, for increasing both carbon and infiltration capacities. She also will look at techniques for restoring degraded and eroded lands through planting and mulching.
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Webinar: Forest Bathing 101: Tapping into Everyday Nature
A Focus on Sustainability - Join us for an interactive, meditative “stroll” guided by Judy Beaudette, who explains the history behind forest bathing ('shinrin yoku' in Japan), a research-based mindfulness practice that offers wellness through immersion in nature.
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Eco-Answers with an ELA Eco-Pro – Native Plants
Native Plants: Member Event Julie Snell and Lisa McDonald Hanes will start the evening with brief opening remarks about native plants and then jump right into your questions for the bulk of this interactive Q&A session.
Find out more »October 2021
Webinar: Implications of Climate Change for Invasive Species
A Focus on Sustainability - Invasive species and climate change are two of the most prominent forms of anthropogenic global change identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Carrie Brown-Lima reviews the current state of knowledge about how climate change influences invasive species as well as describe the work of the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change network that is bringing together researchers and practitioners to address this challenge.
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Webinar: Understanding Soil Health and Its Principles for Improving Landscape Resilience
A Focus on Sustainability - Learn the properties of healthy, resilient soils; find out how we assess soil health; and discover the importance of soil biology in the development of soil resilience.
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Webinar: Practical and Accessible Stretches for Your “Every” Day
A Focus on Sustainability - Learn how to prepare for your day in the landscape and recover at the end of the day with these practical and accessible stretches and recovery techniques.
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Webinar: Rewild in 10 Action Steps
A Focus on Sustainability - Anna Fialkoff will walk you through what it means to rewild your landscape in 10 action steps. You can rewild a farm, a suburban yard, or urban hell strip to safeguard wildlife habitat, support biodiversity, and mitigate effects of climate change.
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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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