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April 2021
2021 Spotlight on Natives Photo Contest
Between now and May 31, enter your most inspiring photographs of individual native plants or of native plants in a garden setting to ELA's photo contest. You’ll be entered to win a one-year ELA membership.
Find out more »Class: Navigating Public Design – Part 1
When designing public spaces, understand how to use your creative ideas to build partnerships, develop fundraisers, overcome obstacles, and draw visitors to your public landscape.
Find out more »Webinar: Proper Planting Practices: Are We Landscaping in a Deficit Model?
In this presentation, Richard McCoy will provide information on current techniques of proper planting, how to correct unseen issues that are borne in the landscape nursery, the importance of the plant root collar, plant placement by matching site conditions to a plant’s cultural needs, and how these efforts add value.
Find out more »Webinar: Maximizing Space in the Garden: Creating More of a Good Thing
This presentation describes how to create layers in varied habitats including the perennial, berry, and vegetable gardens. The result is visually fulfilling, low maintenance, and mulch-eliminating when plants go wall-to-wall.
Find out more »Webinar: Creating Community with Our Insect Neighbors
Learn about common insects in our communities and how to support them.
Find out more »Class: Eco-Restorative Garden Design
Explore the principles and specific steps to keep you engaged and confident in small-scale restoration projects.
Find out more »June 2021
Class: Deer-Tolerant Landscapes
Join us to learn about deer behavior and natural preventative measures to safeguard your garden.
Find out more »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
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.
Find out more »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.
Find out more »December 2021
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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