Start Date
04/29/2021
End Date
04/29/2021
Description
Join Bloom and the American Society for Landscape Architects (ASLA) Baltimore Chapter for a webinar on April 29th to learn how to use organic amendments to create sustainable landscape sites, and to improve soil quality, manage drought, stormwater, and erosion, as well as how to specify organic amendments and topsoil.
Healthy soil is the foundation of successful landscapes. Soil restoration is at the core of ASLA’s Sustainable Sites Initiative because it is essential for water conservation, climate protection, stormwater management, and human and wildlife habitat.
Location
Baltimore, MD
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Remediation / Brownfields
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1-This presentation will provide technical and practical data, as well as specifications for the use in traditional landscaping and non-traditional “green infrastructural” applications.
2-With a changing climate, the modification of topsoil and soil improvement specifications are key to long-term site management.
3-It will provide practical techniques for Complying with soil BMPs, Protecting existing soil and vegetation.
Using organic soil amendments effectively
4- the course will provide an understanding how to specify and inspect the soil and organic soil amendments
Instructors
Ron Alexander, President of R. Alexander Associates
Course Codes
Provider
Maryland Chapter ASLA