Lecture Schedule

  • September 28, 2023 Restoration to Garden: Plants and Wildlife New England-Style | NEBG at Tower Hill | Day 1 – Classroom (Professional Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Ted Elliman, Uli Lorimer, and Larry Weaner, FAPLD
    Time:
    9 AM - 4:30 PM EST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) and New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
    Location:
    New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill - Boylston, MA
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    This all-day workshop will feature presentations that explore the plant communities and ecological processes of southern New England (Ted Elliman), ecological horticulture (Uli Lorimer) and interactive landscape design (Larry Weaner).

    CEUs: APLD, LACES, ISA, MCH, MLP, NOFA (please check NDAL website for further details)

    This session will be held entirely indoors.

  • September 29, 2023 Restoration to Garden: Plants and Wildlife New England-Style | NEBG at Tower Hill | Day 2 – Field (Professional Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Ted Elliman, Uli Lorimer, Mark Richardson, and Larry Weaner, FAPLD
    Time:
    9 AM - 4:30 PM EST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) and New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
    Location:
    New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill - Boylston, MA
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    During this all-day workshop, we will visit and analyze several woodland habitats and multiple meadows, where we will discuss how their varied environmental conditions and disturbance histories have affected their current vegetative composition. Tours and discussions will be led by Ted Elliman, Uli Lorimer, Mark Richardson, & Larry Weaner.

    CEUs: APLD, LACES, ISA, MCH, MLP, NOFA (please check NDAL website for further details)

    This session will be held mostly outdoors.

  • October 2, 2023 Restoration to Garden: Plants and Wildlife in the Tallgrass Prairie | Morton Arboretum | Day 1 – Classroom (Professional Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Laura Rericha-Anchor, Larry Weaner, FAPLD, & Gerould Wilhelm, PhD
    Time:
    9 AM - 4:30 PM CST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) and The Morton Arboretum
    Location:
    The Morton Arboretum - Lisle, IL
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    This all-day workshop will feature presentations that explore the plants, insects, and human activities that shaped the Tallgrass Prairie (Laura Rericha-Anchor and Gerould Wilhelm), and demonstrate how the compositions, patterns, and processes of prairie and associated plant communities can be incorporated into the designed landscape. (Larry Weaner).

    CEUs: APLD, LACES, ISA, MCH, MLP, NOFA (please check NDAL website for further details)

    This session will be held entirely indoors.

  • October 3, 2023 Restoration to Garden: Plants and Wildlife in the Tallgrass Prairie | Morton Arboretum | Day 2 – Field (Professional Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Larry Weaner, FAPLD, & Gerould Wilhelm, PhD, and The Morton Arboretum Staff
    Time:
    9 AM - 4:30 PM CST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) and The Morton Arboretum
    Location:
    The Morton Arboretum - Lisle, IL & Illinois Beach State Park - Zion, IL
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    During this all-day workshop, we will observe a managed and unmanaged woodland site at the Morton Arboretum, compare their respective vegetative compositions, and discuss potential management approaches for their respective future enhancement. We will also visit a high-quality remnant prairie in the Illinois Beach State Park’s Nature Preserve to study the intricate relationships between flora, fauna, the physical environment, and human activity in a remnant prairie system. Tours and discussions will be led by Larry Weaner, FAPLD, Gerould Wilhelm, PhD, and The Morton Arboretum Staff.

    CEUs: APLD, LACES, ISA, MCH, MLP, NOFA (please check NDAL website for further details)

    This session will be held mostly outdoors.

  • October 10, 2023 Restoration to Garden: Plants and Wildlife in the Atlantic Coastal Plain | Cape May Point Science Center | Day 1 – Classroom (Professional Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Pat Sutton, Daniela Shebitz, and Larry Weaner, FAPLD
    Time:
    9 AM - 4:30 PM EST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL). Hosted by Cape May Point Science Center
    Location:
    Cape May Point Science Center - Cape May Point, NJ
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    This all-day workshop will feature presentations that analyze the key forest, meadow, and wetland communities of the Atlantic Coastal Plain (Daniela Shebitz), illustrate how to foster a natural refuge everywhere to enrich the experiences of both people and wildlife (Pat Sutton), and show how the compositions, patterns, and processes of Coastal Plain plant communities can be incorporated into the designed landscape (Larry Weaner).

    CEUs: APLD, LACES, ISA, MCH, MLP, NOFA (please check NDAL website for further details)

    This session will be held entirely indoors.

  • October 11, 2023 Restoration to Garden: Plants and Wildlife in the Atlantic Coastal Plain | Cape May Point Science Center | Day 2 – Field (Professional Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Brett Ewald, David La Puma, Chris Miller, Bob Mullock, and Larry Weaner, FAPLD
    Time:
    9 AM - 4:30 PM EST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL). Hosted by Cape May Point Science Center and Cape May Plant Materials Center
    Location:
    Cape May Point, NJ
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    During this all-day workshop, we will visit the Cape May State Park Hawkwatch Platform to learn about specific habitat requirements that the marsh is providing; explore several restoration sites on Cape May Point; and conclude our day at the New Jersey Plant Materials Center whose mission is to seek out, assemble, test, and provide the commercial landscape industry with superior performing plants for restoration; and develop innovative, science-based technologies to improve planting and seeding success. Tours and discussions will be led by Brett Ewald, David La Puma, Chris Miller, Bob Mullock, and Larry Weaner.

    CEUs: APLD, LACES, ISA, MCH, MLP, NOFA (please check NDAL website for further details)

    This session will be held mostly outdoors.

  • October 20, 2023 Artful Plant Community Design: Selection-Arrangement-Stewardship (Home Gardener Series) view more
    Speakers:
    Larry Weaner, FAPLD
    Time:
    3-4:15 PM EST
    Sponsor(s):
    New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL)
    Location:
    VIRTUAL
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    Selecting and arranging plants is central to – if not the heart of – fine garden design. Plant community-based design is no different; it simply uses natural vegetative models as its primary template. In this presentation, Larry will illustrate how to associate plants with their preferred environment, create plant compositions that function as integrated communities, and accommodate compositional change over time. But the word garden is not lost in this “wild” shuffle. He will conclude by revisiting fine garden design to show how an ecology-based plant palette can express, and even enhance, many different landscape styles.

    This session is VIRTUAL!

  • November 2, 2023 Larry Weaner to be Guest Speaker at The Garden Club of Virginia’s 65th Annual Conservation Forum view more
    Sponsor(s):
    Garden Club of Virginia
    Location:
    Charlottesville, VA and Virtual Live Stream
    Contact:
    REGISTER HERE

    The Garden Club of Virginia is an advocate of environmental garden responsibility and a promoter of the use of native plants and organic gardening practices. The statewide organization is committed to ensuring an environmentally sound Virginia as a fundamental part of their vision. Larry’s presentation will focus on meadows, wetlands, and residential eco-landscaping techniques.

    **This event has options to attend in-person and virtually!**