Start Date
07/22/2022
End Date
07/22/2022
Description
Long before pollinators, rain gardens, and sustainability were part of the landscape
vernacular, Garden in the Woods featured native plants and advocated for their
conservation. Today, Native Plant Trust expands on that important work by
experimenting with, observing, and analyzing the underlying factors that affect the
composition and trajectories of woodland vegetation.
Species adaptability, specialist habitats, soil biota, succession, light distribution, light
manipulation, and the often-overlooked effects of historic human disturbance all
have outsized effects. We will explore these factors in environments ranging from
the “gardenesque” plantings of W. Gary Smith in the Curtis Woodland Garden, to
the “wild” landscapes off the main trail, where the results of various management
regimes can be compared.
Location
Framingham, MA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
6.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Learn to better understand the environmental characteristics that affect the survival and proliferation of native species in a woodland setting including habitat adaptability, presence of soil biota, light distribution, and invasive species presence.
2. Learn how to better understand the ecological processes that affect the survival and proliferation of native species in a woodland setting including human and natural disturbance, succession, and climate change.
3. Learn how to design gardenesque woodland plantings comprised of native species selected and arranged with a sensitivity to the character of native New England woodlands.
Instructors
David Falk, Ulrich Lorimer, Larry Weaner, & Jordan Wiseman
Course Codes
Provider
New Directions in the American Landscape