Exploring the Boundaries of Wild Landscapes & Design

Start Date
01/20/2017
End Date
01/20/2017
Description
Careful study of plants in the wild can prove invaluable to designers and gardeners, informing our understandings of opportunities and limits and often inspiring non-traditional techniques in the designed landscapes. This presentation will demonstrate the power of field observations and discuss implications for design, plant selection, and management of designed landscapes over time.
Location
Blue Bell, PA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Learn the principles of plant-community based design as inspired by observations of plants in the wild.
2. Learn to recognize common limits and opportunities found within natural plant communities.
3. Review the implications for design and plant selection.
Instructors
Uli Lorimer is the Curator of Native Flora at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where he has been instrumental in creating a coastal plain meadow and pine barrens habitat. An avid plantsman, he strives to connect field botany with horticulture and design. He
Course Codes
Provider
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania


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