Start Date
02/07/2025
End Date
02/07/2025
Description
This daylong symposium features topics including designed and natural shrublands and their ecological value, conservation and preservation through agroforestry in Appalachian forests, interactions between fungi and plants, the immigrant experience in professional horticulture, archaeobotany of Bartram's Garden, and the cultural underpinnings of landscape architecture.
Location
Kennett Square, PA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
4.75
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the ecological significance of built and natural shrublands
- Understand the ethnographic significance of Appalachian food forests
- Understand the different ways that plants and fungi interact
- Understand the immigrant experience in professional horticulture
- Understand how built landscapes reflect the cultural norms of those that design them
Instructors
Michael Guidi, Kevin Phillip Williams, Erik Burkhart, Dr. Kristen Wickert, Sandra Lopez Cortez, Alexandria Mitchem, David Rubin
Course Codes
Provider
Longwood Gardens Continuing Education Division