Strategic conservation in farmed and urban landscapes can disproportionately increase biodiversity. Nick Haddad has worked for three decades to understand how to conserve landscapes to benefit pollinators and other species. He has created large experiments to test the role of targeted conservation efforts. For example, landscape corridors through urban and farmed landscapes can created superhighways...
A book about planting for monarchs (and for motivated readers and gardeners) is not quite as wondrous as monarchs and their individual life cycles, their host relationship with milkweeds, or their annual migrations in North America, but it is something of a miracle. Only a few decades ago, the concept of creating native-plant gardens was...
TO REGISTER CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE about Registration & Virtual Conference Exhibitor/Sponsor Opportunities Looking for Innovative Landscape Solutions and Inspiration? Looking to learn, connect and BUILD RELATIONSHIPS? Join ELA on February 22 & 23, 2023 for the 29th Conference & Eco-Marketplace – all online. We’ll energize your practice and prepare you for the season ahead...
MARCH 29 -- ECOLOGICAL LAND CARE Ecological Land Care sounds easy, but as we learn, actually integrating horticulture with ecology takes time and patience. This session will help us understand how we, as gardeners, can meld horticulture and ecology practices to positively impact gardens and ecosystems. We will also explore why traditional garden practices (ie,...
Join Us at Conshohocken Brewery Tap Room The DelMarVA/PA members are planning to get together for a meet & greet on April 13 at Conshohocken Brewery in King of Prussia, PA WHERE: 3100 Horizon Drive - King of Prussia, PA WHEN: Thursday, April 13 @ 6-9 pm (EDT) RSVP: Mark Highland at organicmechanicsoil@gmail.com All are...
Do you love taking photos of native plants, gardens and landscapes? Share your photos in ELA’s 2023 Photo Contest Send us your most inspiring photographs of plants, critters, landscapes, and people...
JULY 12 -- PLANT LAYERING OPTIONS FOR MORE COLOR, DIVERSITY & HABITAT Learn how to enhance the landscape you already have. Identify your yard and garden's (boring) gaps and explore...
VIRTUAL: Two Session Workshop: 18 July & 26 July - 9:00-1:00pm ET Tickets: Member $189 for both sessions, Non-Member $239 for both sessions LIMITED PARTICIPATION -- SIGN UP EARLY TO...
Please RSVP to Mark Highland by August 8th so we can have an accurate headcount! organicmechanicsoil@outlook.com
Flying Trillium Gardens and Preserve is located in the southern Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County, NY. (Please note the tour location is not in Tarrytown.) The gardens are an ongoing work by author, teacher, and landscape designer, Carolyn Summers. Throughout her career, Carolyn has been acutely aware of the need for clients, DIY homeowners, and...
AUGUST 17, 2023 -- ORGANIC TURF CARE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH This practical webinar will share a step-by-step development to implementation of Organic Turf Care programs. We will look at a variety of approaches and details including the principles of organic turf care through the lens of our Healthy Turf Circle. Attendees will learn how to...
