This webinar series is being presented through collaboration of the Ecological Landscape Alliance (ELA), the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council (CCLC), the Midwest Ecological Landscape Alliance (MELA), & EcoLandscape California (ELC). Known regionally for their quality education programs, these organizations are working cooperatively to share knowledge and encourage conversations with landscape professionals from around the country and the globe. …

In this year’s Gillette Forum, we gather to discuss our growing and altered understanding of how to shape the land to honor natural processes, to create meaningful places that are healthy for humans and the natural world.  We act with intentionality to embrace and explore solutions to contemporary and social issues. Landscape architects and designers …

Join us to celebrate 80 years of Horticulture with a one-day symposium in our newly renovated Administration Auditorium. Topics include a look at Norfolk Botanical Garden’s past, present and future, climate change and its impact on local plants, great garden plants for our region and natural landscape design. Added Bonus Take Home a FREE Tree. As part of …

Join Blue Water Baltimore’s Environmental Sustainability Team in partnership with our community partners, Waterfront Partnership, Southeast CDC and Friends of Library Square for this unique volunteer experience, where you will learn all about how to properly care for a rain garden and bioretention system. Learn all about best stormwater practices as we work to beautify …

Montgomery Parks and Casey Trees, Washington D.C., present the seventh annual Trees Matter Symposium.  Presentations will  focus on the health and welfare of trees in our increasingly developed landscapes. Learn from some of the country’s leading experts about innovative efforts to plant, protect and preserve trees in urban and suburban settings. Trees provide many benefits: they cleanse and cool …

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Welcome & Tribal Invocation David Paylor, Director, DEQ (invited) Chief Stephen Adkins, Chickahominy Tribe Opening Remarks: Multiple Benefits of Coastal Conservation Jeff Payne, Director, Office for Coastal Management/NOAA Matt Strickler, Secretary of Natural Resources (Invited) Analysis of Economic Benefits of Land Conservation: Recent Results   Opportunities for Funding Habitat Restoration Projects Addressing Water …

Examining Nature as Medicine: Designing Landscapes that Improve Quality of Life and the Human Psyche This conference explores the intersection of ecological landscape design and its effect on human beings. Sometimes referred to as Social Landscape Design or Ecological Psychology, emerging research is taking a closer look at the interaction of people and landscapes. Join ELA on November …

The Patuxent River Conference (PAXCON) is the premier forum uniting scientists, environmental educators, natural resource managers, and anyone passionate about the health and future of the Patuxent River.  To know and understand the Patuxent River is to take one more step towards its protection. PAXCON 2018 will feature current research on climate change impacts within …

Cultivation, propagation, behavior, and ecological function will be highlighted, with an emphasis on plant communities. Presenters will delve into the interactions between individual plants and the complex interactions among plant communities, as well as interactions with the plant’s environment. Noted plant masters Carol Gracie, Andi Pettis, Laura Hansplant, Bill Logan, and Don Leopold will lead this …

Subject to cancellation due to federal government shutdown. While green stormwater infrastructure increases in popularity, we are still learning about the role of trees in these innovative practices. In this webinar, Andrew Tirpak will discuss recent research results from studies designed to characterize the health of trees in bioretention practices and the benefits they provide …