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Next Accreditation Course, February 2021
The next accreditation course in organic land care will be held in August 2021. Earn credentials in organic landscaping and learn the practices and principles of organic land care as you prepare for the season ahead.

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The mission of the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC) is to extend the vision and principles of organic agriculture to the care of the landscapes where people carry out their daily lives.
Organic land care is a sustainable ecological landscaping system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-site inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony and beauty in urban and suburban landscapes and gardens. Organic, in particular, means landscaping with no synthetic pesticides of any kind (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc.) and with no synthetic fertilizers or soil amendments.

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Next Accreditation Course, February 2021

The mission of the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC) is to extend the vision and principles of organic agriculture to the care of the landscapes where people carry out their daily lives.

Distance Learning

Perennial Gardens and Edible Hedges

Webinar: Foliage & Focal Points: Ideas for Budgets and Gardens of All Sizes

Webinar: Proper Planting Practices: Are We Landscaping in a Deficit Model?

Webinar: Maximizing Space in the Garden: Creating More of a Good Thing

How to Effectively Estalish Native Plant Plugs

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The Ecotype Project

The Standard for Organic Land Care now available in Spanish

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