
Events
ELA Ecological Plant Conference 2020
OnlineOn December 4th, the Ecological Landscape Alliance invites you to spend a day reconnecting with familiar plants, learning about new plant options, exploring garden insects, and reconsidering our relationship to…
NOFA Annual Gathering
OnlineThanks for joining us for the Organic Land Care Annual Gathering. To see the recorded videos from this gathering CLICK HERE Schedule 12:00-12:30: "Introduction/Update On The Organic Land Care Program"…
Ecology-Based Landscapes: A Virtual Education Series
OnlineNDAL is offering a series of programming organized in two categories: 1) Professional Practitioners and 2) Home Gardeners & Educators. Topics for professionals will range from native design and management,…
LANDSCAPE LEARNING THREADS: OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS INTO PRACTICE
OnlineLong-term observation of a plant’s behavior in the wild can yield valuable insight into its likely behavior in a garden. If that insight is applied to other similar species, that…
DISTILLING NATURE’S ESSENCE IN THE GARDEN
OnlinePart One | Learning by Seeing - Arthur Joura What greater purpose does landscaping serve than keeping human beings attached to nature? For designers to achieve such a purpose, it…
RESEARCH INTO LANDSCAPE
OnlineEcologists at universities, professional societies, and other scientific institutions commonly engage in research to better understand how plants operate in the wild. Unfortunately, landscape designers rarely access the resulting data…
Grow Native! Webinar: Designing with Native Plants with Ronda Burnett
OnlineDesigning with Native Plants: Tips for Species Selection, Design Concepts, and Maintenance Practices This webinar will cover the basics of selecting native plants for your next project. Design themes, site…
NGICP National Green Infrastructure Certification Program – February
OnlineMon, February 1 @ 12:00 pm EST - Mon, February 22 @ 5:00 pm EST Online Virtual Class/Workshop/Conference PURCHASE TICKETS 35-Hour Class – Offered on 7 Afternoons 12:00pm-5:00pm EDT Monday 2/1/21 Wednesday 2/3/21 Monday…
Grassroots Seed Propagation: Recorded Webinar
OnlineWatch This Webinar at your Leisure.. Growing Native Plants from Seed….even in the winter! Growing native plants from seed is a different way to interact with our native flora and…
NOFA Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care
OnlineDates This new format will take place on Zoom over the course of four weeks, twice per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) on During the month of February (full schedule coming soon)…
American Oaks- Diversity, Ecology, and Identification
OnlineWe have learned from Doug Tallamy that our oak trees are the most important native powerhouse tree for feeding over 500 species of caterpillars that turn into our pollinator moths…
Using Ecotype Plants for Native Restoration
OnlineGrab some lunch and listen to this FREE webinar from the CT Association of Landscape Architect on the exciting Ecotype Project and integrating these wild seed propagated native plants into…
Regenerative Design: Living in Agreement with Nature
OnlineRegenerative Design – How Living in Agreement with Nature Helps Organizations Thrive Human impact on planet earth is at least three million years deep but it wasn’t until the advent…
NURSERY TO DESIGN: PLANT PURCHASING AND SITE LAYOUT FOR NATIVE LANDSCAPE PROJECTS
OnlineThe ecology-based landscape movement is slowly changing the way plants are being grown, procured and planted. This includes alterations in species, propagation technique, size, packaging, site layout, and the expanded…
Designing an Abundant Garden
OnlineEveryone can garden; if you have a window sill you can start tomorrow. NOFA MASS is hosting several excellent gardeners for a panel discussion and conversation about designing gardens and where to start. Allison…
Class: Expanding Your Business with Green Infrastructure: Five Tools to Incorporate this Season
OnlineWater simultaneously manages to be the stuff of mystery and our daily routine. We use it to cook with, wash our dishes, and brush our teeth but very few can stand…
Perennial Gardens and Edible Hedges
OnlineDo you want to be surrounded by a landscape that provides wildlife habitat, fosters healthy soils and provides a variety of edible fruit? Join NOFA MASS for another event from their Resilient Garden Series. Bringing perennial plants into the garden can…
Webinar: Foliage & Focal Points: Ideas for Budgets and Gardens of All Sizes
Online« All Events Webinar: Foliage & Focal Points: Ideas for Budgets and Gardens of All Sizes We all have sections of our garden that we are less than satisfied with,…
Webinar: Proper Planting Practices: Are We Landscaping in a Deficit Model?
OnlineIn the Nursery and Landscape Industry, there is an overabundance of clouded misinformation that is passed down to the general public on how to design and maintain their landscape. From…
Webinar: Beauty and Biodiversity at Cornell’s Mundy Wildflower Garden
Please join Krissy Boys for a comprehensive virtual field trip of four discreet sustainable landscapes within the Mundy Wildflower Garden at the Cornell Botanic Gardens. This virtual field trip includes:…
Season Prep: Stormwater Management
Season Preparation: Stormwater Management Open Forum with Trevor Smith. As plans and projects roll in - join us to ask your questions and talk through your upcoming stormwater projects before…