Ecological Plant Conference – 2022
Friday, December 2 @ 8:30 EDT-4:30 EDT (Virtual Event) Please scroll down to register From Seed to Production! This schedule is subject to change based upon speaker requirements 8:30: Gather...
Friday, December 2 @ 8:30 EDT-4:30 EDT (Virtual Event) Please scroll down to register From Seed to Production! This schedule is subject to change based upon speaker requirements 8:30: Gather...
Portland is the largest urban area in Maine and many of the region’s native plants and the fauna that depend on them have been replaced with buildings, paving, and exotic plant species. Creating a vision for restoring native habitat was the goal of the Portland Pollinator Vision Plan, a joint project between Wild Seed Project...
Green infrastructure, pollinator gardens, food gardens are increasingly integrated in PK-12 learning environments. This session will describe how the built environment and natural settings can facilitate deeper learning, an approach to education that not only seeks to achieve traditional academic standards, but also seeks to foster innovation in problem solving, collaborative work, effective communication, inquiry,...
Strategic conservation in farmed and urban landscapes can disproportionately increase biodiversity. Nick Haddad has worked for three decades to understand how to conserve landscapes to benefit pollinators and other species. He has created large experiments to test the role of targeted conservation efforts. For example, landscape corridors through urban and farmed landscapes can created superhighways...
A book about planting for monarchs (and for motivated readers and gardeners) is not quite as wondrous as monarchs and their individual life cycles, their host relationship with milkweeds, or their annual migrations in North America, but it is something of a miracle. Only a few decades ago, the concept of creating native-plant gardens was...
TO REGISTER CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE about Registration & Virtual Conference Exhibitor/Sponsor Opportunities Looking for Innovative Landscape Solutions and Inspiration? Looking to learn, connect and BUILD RELATIONSHIPS? Join ELA on February 22 & 23, 2023 for the 29th Conference & Eco-Marketplace – all online. We’ll energize your practice and prepare you for the season ahead...
MARCH 29 -- ECOLOGICAL LAND CARE Ecological Land Care sounds easy, but as we learn, actually integrating horticulture with ecology takes time and patience. This session will help us understand how we, as gardeners, can meld horticulture and ecology practices to positively impact gardens and ecosystems. We will also explore why traditional garden practices (ie,...
Join Us at Conshohocken Brewery Tap Room The DelMarVA/PA members are planning to get together for a meet & greet on April 13 at Conshohocken Brewery in King of Prussia, PA WHERE: 3100 Horizon Drive - King of Prussia, PA WHEN: Thursday, April 13 @ 6-9 pm (EDT) RSVP: Mark Highland at organicmechanicsoil@gmail.com All are...
Do you love taking photos of native plants, gardens and landscapes? Share your photos in ELA’s 2023 Photo Contest Send us your most inspiring photographs of plants, critters, landscapes, and people working with or on the land! Courtesy of the Brandywine Conservancy We are seeking photos for submission to the 2023 ELA PHOTO CONTEST in the...
JULY 12 -- PLANT LAYERING OPTIONS FOR MORE COLOR, DIVERSITY & HABITAT Learn how to enhance the landscape you already have. Identify your yard and garden's (boring) gaps and explore native plant options for a variety of seasonal colors and wildlife benefits. These choices increase the diversity of your landscape, as well as create healthier...
VIRTUAL: Two Session Workshop: 18 July & 26 July - 9:00-1:00pm ET Tickets: Member $189 for both sessions, Non-Member $239 for both sessions LIMITED PARTICIPATION -- SIGN UP EARLY TO ENSURE YOUR SPACE! COURSE OVERVIEW Ecology-Based Design for Landscapes: Courtesy of the Brandywine Conservancy An Course focused on Design. Demand for high performing, ecology-based landscapes...