Webinar: Green Infrastructure- a Lesson in Change
Penn State Extension Community Forestry Management Monthly Webinar Series Green Infrastructure has been elevated as means to an end for communities to deal with polluted run-off. From a design perspective, it has also been an agent of change in how urban foresters, engineers and landscape architects work together. From a landscape architect’s perspective, join us …
VNLA Summer Field Day and Tour
Bennett's Creek Nursery Smithfield, VAField Day Thursday, July 20 8:30 am - 4 pm - Registration Open 9:00 am-3:00 pm -Plant ID Quiz & Earn CEU’s! Choose Speaker Sessions or Tours 9 am-10:00 –Tour Bennett’s Creek Nursery OR “Time of Opportunity in Midst of Uncertainty” 10:00-10:30 am – Network with Exhibitors 10:30-11:30 am – Tour Bennett’s Creek Nursery OR – “Employee …
Invasion Biology: Paths to Conservation and Restoration Success
Juniata College Huntingdon, PATHE 2017 CONFERENCE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INVASIVE PLANT COUNCIL, CO-HOSTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER Keynote Speaker: Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Professor of Entomology, University of Delaware MAIPC and SER-Mid Atlantic have joined forces to present a two-day conference. The biology and ecology of invasive plants are a driving factor in their impacts on …
Virginia Native Plant Society Plant Identification Workshop
Manassas National Battlefield Park Headquarters 12521 Lee Highway, Manasses, VirginiaJoin Marion Lobstein and Sally Anderson for a plant identification workshop This will focus on use of Newcomb’s Wildflower Guides and the Flora of Virginia. Copies of both books will be available …
Trees for All: Chesapeake Regional Environmental Justice Workshop
Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MDJoin us for the first ever Trees for All: Chesapeake Regional Environmental Justice Workshop. This two-day event will bring together diverse stakeholders working to retain and increase healthy tree canopy in …
Living Shoreline Advanced Training
For marine contractors, permit agents & landscape professionals who have a working knowledge of tidal shoreline stabilization Two dates: Thursday August 24, 2017 at Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester …
Hands on Rain Garden and Conservation Landscape Installation Workshop
Montgomery College in partnership with Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection RainScapes Program is offering a “Hands on Rain Garden and Conservation Landscape Installation Workshop” as a follow up from …
Tri-State Native Plant Conference
National Conservation Training Center Shepherdstown, WVThe Virginia Native Plant Society, the Maryland Native Plant Society, and the West Virginia Native Plant Society are joining together to host the 2017 Native Plant Conference. Friday, September 29, …
Northern Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association
South Riding Nurseries 8010 Industrial Park Ct., Bristow, VANVNLA's Fall Membership Meeting and 60th Anniversary Celebration John Magee of Magee Design will discuss the multi-faceted benefits of using native plants, and how to sell more native plants through …
Webinar: Integrating Trees into Stormwater Management Design and Policy
USDA Forest Service Urban Forest Connections Webinar Series In spite of the proven value of trees for reducing stormwater flows and pollutants, there remains a widespread lack of understanding, acceptance, …