Living Shorelines for Landscape Professionals
This event is moving online! The new date is Friday, October 16, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM We will follow up the online course with an optional half-day field tour in the Annapolis area on the afternoon of October 20. Registration fee covers online course + field visit. Organized by CBLP and University of Maryland …
Riparian Buffer Workshop and Volunteer Day
Manheim, PAJoin us as we replant a riparian buffer along Dellinger Run. Some of you might remember the significant flooding of 2018 that damaged the tree planting at the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center. We will be replanting the upper section of this buffer. We will be following CDC guidelines and require you …
Webinar Series: Natural Area Management
Join this webinar series and learn about expanding Green Industry services to your clientele, and earn a variety of forestry-related recertification credits. Perhaps you manage land for an organization, work with volunteers, or are just an interested landowner? Then this four-part webinar series is for you! The Woods in Your Backyard Partnership has created a …
Today’s Menu: Riparian Buffers for Landscape Pros
Save the date for this free lunchtime webinar. Advance registration will open soon, and is required. Join this esteemed gathering of certified CBLPs to learn more about riparian buffers. What is a buffer? How do buffers improve water quality from local streams down to the Bay? What is the role of landscape pros in implementing …
Chesapeake Watershed Forum
Registration opens on August 24. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s 15th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum (to be held online October 29 – 30) is a watershed-wide event reaching over 400 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action towards clean water. We share successful tools and techniques, offer lessons and learnings from on-the-ground …
Webinar: Reducing Stormwater Runoff with Biochar Addition to Soils in Ellicott City
The University of Delaware, in conjunction with Howard Ecoworks, conducted an innovative research project to test the runoff reduction potential of biochar as a soil amendment. Biochar was amended to two test sites in Ellicott City, MD, and infiltration and other soil properties were monitored over a 1.5-year period. The impact of biochar on increasing …
Volunteer Opportunity: Riparian Buffer Planting in Virginia
If you love our river, join us in protecting the James by volunteering to help plant the native tree seedlings, or maintain our current projects in Albemarle and Fluvanna Counties! Meeting locations will be shared upon registration. All tools and instruction will be provided and you will be working alongside our staff.. All ages are …
Maryland Water Monitoring Council Annual Conference
In an examination of the world in which we currently live, one can’t help but see how interconnected the health of the environment is with the lives and health of the people living in its midst. Our 2020 theme, Clean Waters, Healthy Humans: The Environment Rx, is an exploration of that link. Concurrent sessions will include Streams …
Mid Atlantic Horticulture Short Course
MAHSC is an annual education event for professionals in horticulture and allied industries including arboriculture, landscape management, and landscape design & architecture. Dynamic keynotes and engaging concurrent sessions keep you up-to-date with best practices, industry news, technology, and research that are relevant to your work. MAHSC 2021 will be a fully virtual conference experience with …
New Directions in the American Landscape
Virtual 32nd Annual Landscape Design Symposium January 21 & 22, 2021 | 1 - 4:30 PM EST January 28 & 29, 2021 | 9 AM - 12:30 PM EST All four dates are distinct programs with different speakers - register for the full bundle or for individual days. Early registration closes December 16. Incorporating science …