Meadow Metrics: Observations and Analysis Over Time

Start Date

05/02/2015

End Date

05/02/2015

Description

Designed native meadows are increasingly popular, whether for aesthetic reasons, wildlife habitat, or reduced maintenance. Yet in order to understand how these designed systems actually perform over time and how we can improve our ability to create and maintain these systems, we need to understand what scientific analysis of them is showing as well as make sense of our own field observations into their performance. This presentation will draw upon extensive field observations into the long-term dynamics of designed native meadows, including how these plant communities evolve and how landscape conditions are expressed over time. Data from both published and pilot scientific studies of designed meadows will be included in order to help design practitioners better quantify the services of these valuable ecosystems.

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Yes

Subjects

Horticulture / Plants
Water / Stormwater Management

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.50

Learning Outcomes

• Understand how designed native meadows evolve and can become largely self-sustaining over time under varying management strategies while still fulfilling project objectives.
• Acquire ways to effectively make field assessments of meadow performance in varying stages of evolution.
• Discover what scientific studies are telling us about the performance of designed native meadows, including plant and insect diversity.
• Learn how to better quantify the services provided by native meadows and what further research is needed.

Instructors

LARRY WEANER, Weaner Landscape Associates

Course Codes

Provider

Pennsylvania/ Delaware Chapter ASLA

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