Diving Deep into Dynamic Ecological Landscaping with Native Plants

Start Date

12/05/2023

End Date

12/06/2023

Description

This course instructs design professionals on best practices for successful native plant selection, provides lawn replacement strategies and alternatives, explains ecological design principles for pollinators, and discusses how design professionals can plant to resist climate change.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Horticulture / Plants

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

6.0

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcome 1:
Learners will be able to adopt best practices for native plant selection, such as considering ecoregions and ecotypes, identifying natives that need pollination partners, and understanding what defines a straight species and nativar.

Learning Outcome 2:
Learners will be able to utilize native groundcovers and/or meadowscapes as lawn replacement strategies and experience the functional and ecological benefits.

Learning Outcome 3:
Learners will be able to discuss strategies aimed at achieving continuous sequence of bloom, floral diversity and floral sufficiency, as well as the design and maintenance of pollinator habitat.

Learning Outcome 4:
Learners will be able to create resilient landscapes to survive extreme and erratic weather events, provide ecological resources in the face of changing phenology and adopt planting strategies to fortify ecosystems.

Instructors

Kim Eierman

Course Codes

W040323DYECOL-2

Provider

HalfMoon Education Inc.

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