Feb. 25,2023 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Guest Speaker: Preston Montegue Landscape Architect and Artist, Middleburg, Virginia Director of Preston Montague Environmental Design and Fine Arts Studio Guest Co-Host of the Native Plant Podcast Cost: $80 per attendee – (VSLD members attending earn 10m CEUs for the day) CBLP CEUs 4

Join us for the hybrid version of Level 2! Synchronous classroom sessions are online via Zoom March 23, 24, and 31, 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM. (Yes, there will be a lunch break and time to work in small groups and on your own during class time) Field Day in the DC area: March 25, …

Registration is open for this in-person conference (Annapolis, MD).  Great speakers, including several certified CBLP pros. Agenda, speakers, and more details on the conference website. Up to 4 CBLP CEUs

This online workshop will provide an introduction to invasive plants and will help you to identify different species for the spring and summer. This session will take place via Zoom and will include a Q&A period with PRISM experts. Cost: $10 This virtual session will be recorded. Those who register will receive access to the …

During our April 12 online workshop, we will teach you how to best manage invasive plants during the warmer seasons of spring and summer. Topics covered in this session include: Best practices to utilize in the spring and summer for specific invasive plants Using manual & mechanical control methods Methods for controlling invasive plants with …

Join Blue Ridge PRISM via Zoom for our Spring Meeting when we welcome David Coyle as our speaker. Callery pear is one of the most rapidly spreading invasive plants in the eastern United States and often stems from cultivars of ornamental pears (most commonly the Bradford pear). Doug Tallamy calls the Callery pear one of …

PA DCNR and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy invite you to attend the 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit. All watershed forestry professionals, decision makers, and volunteers are encouraged to join! Attendees will enjoy sessions on the latest watershed forestry science, outreach and implementation strategies, funding options, and more. This year we will also be offering an optional pre-summit …

  Join our guests from Pennsylvania DCNR and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to learn about funding which is available to support landscaping projects that replace turfgrass with meadow or trees. 1 CBLP CEU

In this free webinar, the CBLP team will share a summary and report on impacts from certified pro's 2017-2022 "hands on" experience projects.  We will also have several certified pros presenting the projects they submitted for their hands on experience. Join us to hear about the great work CBLP pros are doing! We are also …

Municipal land development regulations can present barriers to the widespread use of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), such as rain gardens, bioswales, naturalized stormwater basins, and tree trenches. GSI practices can improve water quality by incorporating nature-based practices that slow and infiltrate stormwater where it falls. This Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) presentation will summarize an auditing …