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SUMMARY:Ecology-based Design and Organic Practice
DESCRIPTION:The landscape at Glenstone\, a newly-constructed\, contemporary art museum in Potomac\, Maryland\, received the ASLA Honor Award in 2019. The property contains 90 acres of planted meadows\, shrub thickets\, and woodland glades that stretch from the property borders to the museum buildings. This organically planted and maintained landscape illustrates how landscape architects (Peter Walker Partners)\, native plant consultants (Larry Weaner Landscape Associates)\, and an in-house management team can collaborate in the service of ecology\, art\, and a stimulating visitor experience. Our day will combine classroom instruction with a heavy dose of field observation to illustrate how this landscape went from landscape plans to vibrant reality. \nThis course will be held both indoors and outdoors and includes light breakfast\, lunch\, and refreshments. Check-in and breakfast begin at 8:30am. Registration closes 9/12/25. \nThis NDAL course is available to AOLCPs at a 10% discount and can be used toward this year’s CEU requirement. AOLCPs may email us for the discount code. \nClick here to register for the course and then click the “Have a coupon?” link (beneath the price total) to apply the discount code.\n\nInstructor Information\nTrevor Garbow is Deputy Landscape Superintendent of Glenstone Museum. Trevor’s transition from golf course management to native meadows exemplifies his commitment to sustainable practices and his aspiration to make a meaningful difference in the environment. With a strong focus on organic landscape management and the integration of native plants\, Trevor and his team are not only creating visually stunning spaces but also setting a remarkable precedent for others to embrace environmentally responsible approaches to landscaping. Their dedication contributes to the overall vitality and harmony of the environment\, leaving a positive impact on the local ecosystem and the broader community. \nMatt Partain oversees an organic planting and management program over nearly 300 acres of native landscape and restoration areas at the Glenstone Museum in Potomac\, MD. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia in Landscape Management. Matt has presented at 2022 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture\, 2020 NDAL Symposium\, 2020 Mt Cuba Educational Series\, and to multiple garden clubs. He has also taught classes for the Federation of Garden Clubs Landscape Design School. \nLarry Weaner\, FAPLD\, founded Larry Weaner Landscape Associates in 1982 and New Directions in the American Landscape in 1990. His nationally recognized work combines horticulture\, landscape design\, and ecological restoration\, and spans more than twenty U.S. states and the U.K. He has been profiled in national publications. His book\, Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (Timber Press\, 2016) received an American Horticultural Society (AHS) Book Award in 2017. In 2021 he received the AHS “Landscape Design Award” and the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) “Award of Distinction.”
URL:https://nofa.organiclandcare.net/event/ecology-based-design-and-organic-practice/
LOCATION:Glenstone Museum\, 12100 Glen Rd.\, Potomac\, MD\, 20854\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:In Partnership with the Place: Site-Specific Native Design\, New England-Style
DESCRIPTION:Light breakfast\, lunch\, and refreshments are included in the registration fee.\nCheck-in & breakfast begin at 8:30 AM ET. \nCourse Presentations\nWhat’s Hiding in the Landscape? Uncovering a Site’s True Potential (indoor lecture)\nSteve Conaway & Robert Graham\nIn this presentation Steve and Robert will discuss the essential work of site assessment in uncovering the plant community traits\, ecological processes\, and past human activities that inform New England’s widely varied landscapes. Through historic land use records\, observations on the ground\, and regional resources they will show how to effectively reveal the potential diversity and ecological character of a site. With insights from the past and analysis of the present\, designers can more successfully enhance botanical diversity while curating inspirational spaces that elicit a true “sense of place.” \nGuiding and Enhancing Vegetative Potential: Assessment into Design (indoor lecture)\nLarry Weaner\nHow does the deep site analysis described in the previous presentation translate into an ecological restoration\, a garden design\, or a blend of the two? How does spontaneous recruitment of wild plants and the self proliferation of planted ones fit into a designed planting plan? Through case studies of New England projects on a variety of scales\, Larry will illustrate how ecological characteristics and processes like disturbance\, competition\, conservatism\, plant colonization\, senescence\, and ecological succession can combine the existing vegetative inclinations of a site with the practical and artistic visions of the designer and client. \nForest Walk (outdoor walk)\nSteve Conaway and Mark Richardson\nWe will visit and compare two woodland habitats where we will discuss how their varied environmental conditions and disturbance histories have affected their current vegetative compositions. These will include an upland\, Oak-dominated forest where a host of native herbs dominate the understory\, with little to no invasive species presence; and an adjacent lowland forest where invasive species abound\, but with occasional novel species like rattlesnake plantain and large whorled pogonia. \nField Walk (outdoor walk)\nRobert Graham and Larry Weaner\nWe will visit multiple meadows with varying compositions and histories\, including a native meadow that was planted in 2021; an older meadow dominated by pasture grasses and many of the broadleaf forbes that commonly associate with them; and a wet meadow containing a large population of native forbs and shrubs\, managed by period mowing. Finally\, we’ll visit an invasive plant-dominated vernal pool and discuss aggressive vs. gradual approaches to a native plant transition. \n\nRegistration Information\nAOLCPs will receive a 10% discount on this course and it will count towards an AOLCP’s CEU requirement. Please email OLC Program Director Jennifer Shaffer for the discount code\, which you will apply when you register. On the registration page\, be sure to click the “Have a coupon?” link (beneath the price total) to apply the discount code. \nClick here to learn more and register.
URL:https://nofa.organiclandcare.net/event/in-partnership-with-the-place-site-specific-native-design-new-england-style/
LOCATION:New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill\, 11 French Dr.\, Boylston\, MA\, 01505\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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