Start Date
11/01/2023
End Date
11/01/2023
Description
Join us as two horticultural experts talk about sustainability, biodiversity, some of their favorite projects, and how they are influencing the trend for natural landscape design in both private and public spaces. Listen in as they share their different approaches and inspirations from the U.S. and the U.K., then as an Attendee, you can participate in the Q&A sessions and connect over chat.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Sustainable Development & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
2.50
Learning Outcomes
1. Learn ideas that drive biodiversity that are both beautiful and counterintuitive. How do we embed dead stuff, disruption and man-made structure into our landscapes.
2. Examine how we use materials already onsite or local waste to complicate the new landscape.
3. Explore how we move investment into the people that look after our world and away from the roller coaster of new design without ongoing care?
4. Learn how incorporating natural patterns and processes can lead to landscapes that function ecologically, while fulfilling the practical needs and aesthetic preferences landscape users.
5. Explore a variety of techniques that can provide ‘landscape legibility’ in wild and naturalistic gardens.
Instructors
John Little and Larry Weaner, FAPLD
Course Codes
Provider
New Directions in the American Landscape