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June 2019
Celebrating Natives – Garden Tours
Thanks to generous homeowners, landscape designers, and area organizations, ELA invites you to join us for inspiration and education on these special tours to native plant gardens.
Find out more »Eco-tour: Carex: Foundation Species for Successful Plant Communities
Native sedges are gaining in popularity, growers are responding, and more varieties are coming to the market. With so many to choose from, there are endless options of color, texture, and size.
Find out more »July 2019
Eco-tour: Gardening for Insects: Native Pollinator Garden Tour
The Ecological Landscape Alliance invites you to tour the private gardens of landscape designer and pollinator expert, Thomas Berger. When choosing plants to support insects in our gardens, we want to make the most of our limited space. Which plants nourish the most species? And which kinds of insects need our support the most urgently?
Find out more »Connecting the Dots for Pollinator Conservation Wildflower Meadows and Pollinator Habitat
During the Research Field Tour Dr. Cathy Neal, UNH Extension Professor and Researcher with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station, will share results from ten years of research on wildflower meadow establishment, helping you to successfully plan, prepare, plant and maintain a beautiful and functional wildflower meadow that blooms all season long.
Find out more »August 2019
Eco-Tour: Sustainable Production at Amherst Nurseries
Join John Kinchla, owner of Amherst Nurseries, for a guided walk through the growing areas, following the life of a tree at the nursery. You’ll see equipment and practices in use now and learn about sustainable options the nursery is exploring for the future.
Find out more »Eco-Tour: Ecology and Agriculture at Charbrook Farm
Charbrook Farm is the modern homestead of Lauren and Stephen Stimson and their family in Princeton, Massachusetts. Located down the road from the historic Stimson Farm and Charbrook Nursery, this working farm has become a field station for the STIMSON landscape architecture practice. On this guided tour, Lauren and Stephen will discuss the concept of integrating ecology, agriculture and landscape architecture.
Find out more »September 2019
Eco-tour: Effective Invasive Plant Management: Chemical-Free & So Darn Cute
To manage meadows and control invasive plant species, Habitat has incorporated a small herd of resident Nigerian Dwarf goats. The goats happily graze on invasive plants such as bittersweet, buckthorn, and multiflora rose, as well as successional saplings.
Find out more »Eco-Tour: Asters and Goldenrods Start to Finish
Asters and Goldenrods Start to Finish will focus on different species with a focus on their use in the garden and will include discussion of species selection for different sites. Additionally, this tour will address the propagation of various species, including how to collect and sow seed.
Find out more »October 2019
Eco-tour: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Urban Oasis for Visitors in an Ecological Package
The park introduces a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial plant communities and habitats to the formerly desolate site and incorporates stormwater management techniques that capture runoff for irrigation. Ongoing park maintenance and upkeep is self-financed and funded through revenue generated from vendors, donations, and development parcels located within the park.
Find out more »June 2020
Celebrating Natives – Garden Tours
Due to concerns about community transmission of COVID-19, we will feature our hosts and their gardens in the June 2020 ELA Newsletter. We look forward to photo tours by our generous homeowners, landscape designers, and area organizations as they provide inspiration and education on native plant gardens.
Find out more »July 2020
Virtual Eco-Tour: Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary
This virtual tour will highlight many of these habitats and native plants including: Meadowscapes, both wet and dry, Native orchids, Liatris, Actaea, Pycnanthemum, Solidago, and much more.
Find out more »August 2020
Eco-Tour: Beauty in Flight: A Virtual Tour of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Butterfly House
With native plants and nectar aplenty, the Butterfly House at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is a magical world of color, fragrance, and motion. Join this virtual tour to enjoy the magic.
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