Registration Eligibility
Start Date
05/01/2021
End Date
05/08/2021
Description
Make your landscape more ecologically sound by implementing a variety of sustainable gardening and landscaping techniques. Learn how to manage and conserve water using rain gardens, bio-swales, and rain barrels; reduce the demands of lawn care by adding meadow areas; and increase your energy savings with strategically placed layered plantings. Develop your garden to support a diverse population of beneficial wildlife and create healthy, natural habitats.
Carrie Murphy is an extension agent and program leader for the Lawn and Garden Program at the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension. She is also the Master Gardener coordinator for New Castle County, Delaware. Carrie holds a B.S. from Towson University and has a master's degree in plant & soil sciences from the University of Delaware. Her interests include supporting sustainable landscapes, vegetable gardening, organic production, backyard composting, school and community gardens, and local foods.
Susan Barton, PhD: Susan is an extension specialist and associate professor in the Plant and Soil Science Department at the University of Delaware. Along with partners, she developed the Plants for a Livable Delaware Program and researched and implemented new roadside vegetation management strategies. Susan also works closely with the nursery and landscape industry, writing newsletters, organizing short courses, and conducting horticulture industry expos. She received the 1995 Nursery Extension Award and the 2007 Ratledge Award.
Day 1
Carrie Murphy
9:45 – 10 Registration
10 – 11 Lecture: Water Management in Gardens: Rain Barrels, Rain Gardens, Bioswales, and Stormwater Prevention Planting
11 – 11:10 Short Break
11:10 – 11:40 Lecture continued
11:40 – 12:00 Tour of Rain Garden
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 – 2:30 Student Design Exercise
2:30 Class Dismissal
Day 2
Susan Barton PhD
9:45 – 10 Registration
10 – 11 Lecture: Sustainable Landscape Techniques emphasizing creating and maintaining meadows and landscape beds that support ecosystem services found in a natural environment.
11 – 11:10 Short Break
11:10 – 12 Lecture continued; base plan provided
12 – 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:30 Tour of Meadow
1:30 – 2:25 Base plan project and discussion
2:25 – 2:30 Questions, Evaluations, and Dismissal
Location
Hockessin, DE
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
7.50
Learning Outcomes
1. Learn how to incorporate sustainable practices into the landscape.
2. Have an understanding of the role of water in the landscape and why water management is critical.
3. Understand the basic elements of designing rain gardens and bioswales and utilizing rain barrels.
4. Learn sustainable landscape techniques and strategies that reduce mowing, minimize lawns, save energy and lower maintenance costs.
5. Learn how to reduce water usage in the landscape.
6. Find out how to become carbon neutral.
7. Understand the value and role of native plants in the landscape.
8. Learn how to use windbreaks and hedgerows.
Instructors
Carrie Murphy; Susan Barton, PhD.
Course Codes
GAR 302
Provider
Mt. Cuba Center