Spring Landscape Conference
Monday, March 15
(Snow Date - March 19)
7th Annual Spring
Landscape Conference
Turning Gray to Green: Developing Urban Natural Spaces and Native Plant Gardens
Carol Franklin, Amy Gavaris, Gretchen Schneider
5 PDHs (Professional Development Hours) from LA CES
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at WCC - All Inclusive
ADVANCE REGISTRATION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Relentless urban sprawl is stimulating an increasingly critical need for the preservation, restoration and creation of natural spaces and gardens within our towns and cities. Grassroots organizations often spearhead the initiative on projects that fulfill this need. Our presenters, representing the Big Three cities of the Northeast, will offer their insights into the particular challenges, pitfalls and tremendous rewards that are associated with this type of development.
Pay online
(Snow Date - March 19)
7th Annual Spring
Landscape Conference
Turning Gray to Green: Developing Urban Natural Spaces and Native Plant Gardens
Carol Franklin, Amy Gavaris, Gretchen Schneider
5 PDHs (Professional Development Hours) from LA CES
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at WCC - All Inclusive
ADVANCE REGISTRATION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Relentless urban sprawl is stimulating an increasingly critical need for the preservation, restoration and creation of natural spaces and gardens within our towns and cities. Grassroots organizations often spearhead the initiative on projects that fulfill this need. Our presenters, representing the Big Three cities of the Northeast, will offer their insights into the particular challenges, pitfalls and tremendous rewards that are associated with this type of development.
Pay online
Working from the Ground Up: Stories from a Grass Roots Organization
Gretchen Schneider - AIA, Boston
Natural Areas Network Boston urban gardeners have long been transforming vacant lots into vibrant gathering spaces, yet there’s something new in their zeitgeist: national economic woes combined with the promotion of local food, environmental awareness, and do-it-yourself chic have spurred an increase in urban garden projects. This presentation features the work of The Boston Natural Areas Network which oversees 150 community gardens.
Greening New York City One Block at a Time: Challenges, Opportunities and Progress
Amy Gavaris - vice-president, New York Restoration Project
The mission of the New York Restoration Project is to carry out Founder Bette Midler’s dream of a cleaner, greener New York City. NYRP restores and revitalizes under-resourced parks and community gardens throughout the city’s five boroughs, working to ensure that every resident, family and neighborhood has access to vibrant, green spaces. This presentation will cover the evolution of the organization and its three main programmatic areas: Parks, Community Gardens and Milliontrees NYC.
Making a Pot from the Shards: What it Really Takes to Restore Native Plant Communities and Habitats
Carol Franklin - ASLA, Andropogon Associates
Landscapes that repair and celebrate each unique landscape are not easy to achieve. Examples of Andropogon Associates work will illustrate conceptual approaches, strategies, and the time, money, effort and sheer numbers of plants needed to actually achieve this ideal. This presentation introduces two new tools for understanding what needs to be done and evaluating the results - the Plant Stewardship Index and the Sustainable Sites Initiative.
Pay online
Gretchen Schneider - AIA, Boston
Natural Areas Network Boston urban gardeners have long been transforming vacant lots into vibrant gathering spaces, yet there’s something new in their zeitgeist: national economic woes combined with the promotion of local food, environmental awareness, and do-it-yourself chic have spurred an increase in urban garden projects. This presentation features the work of The Boston Natural Areas Network which oversees 150 community gardens.
Greening New York City One Block at a Time: Challenges, Opportunities and Progress
Amy Gavaris - vice-president, New York Restoration Project
The mission of the New York Restoration Project is to carry out Founder Bette Midler’s dream of a cleaner, greener New York City. NYRP restores and revitalizes under-resourced parks and community gardens throughout the city’s five boroughs, working to ensure that every resident, family and neighborhood has access to vibrant, green spaces. This presentation will cover the evolution of the organization and its three main programmatic areas: Parks, Community Gardens and Milliontrees NYC.
Making a Pot from the Shards: What it Really Takes to Restore Native Plant Communities and Habitats
Carol Franklin - ASLA, Andropogon Associates
Landscapes that repair and celebrate each unique landscape are not easy to achieve. Examples of Andropogon Associates work will illustrate conceptual approaches, strategies, and the time, money, effort and sheer numbers of plants needed to actually achieve this ideal. This presentation introduces two new tools for understanding what needs to be done and evaluating the results - the Plant Stewardship Index and the Sustainable Sites Initiative.
Pay online
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