Start Date
03/11/2025
End Date
03/13/2025
Description
HELP: Habitat and Ecosystems Land Pro Endorsement Program: a 15-hour comprehensive professional educational program to assist landscape professionals in creating ecological landscapes, sustainable landscape practices, and natural climate solutions. This course will teach landscaping professionals the skills, strategies, and tools necessary to create habitat, as well as how to advertise and leverage these highly-desired services. Native plants and ecosystems services, with site-specific cultural needs for our local native plants; How to create functional ecosystems in the managed landscape, known as reclamation ecology; IPM, specifically OMRI and Targeted pest management; Ecological and habitat services design principles and Natural climate solutions; How to incentivize and monetize the ecological landscaping and land management model. Created for: Horticultural or Nursery Professional interested in learning in depth about native plants, ecological landscape practices, and sustainable horticulture; Landscape Architect with clients requesting native plantings, habitat gardens, chemical-free organic pest management, and more sustainable practices on their properties; Parks / Municipality / D.O.T. Supervisor or employee who would like to gain extensive knowledge about which native trees and plants work best in specific situations;
Landscape Design/Install company interested in expanding client base through native plant installations and ecological land practices.
Location
Cooperstown, NY
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Business Practices / Contracts / HR
Campus Planning & Design
Design-Build
Energy Conservation / Renewable Energy
Horticulture / Plants
Housing & Community Design
Parks & Recreation
Residential Design
Site Planning
Sustainable Development & Design
Urban Planning & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
12.0
Learning Outcomes
This 3-module course of study will cover:
• Native Plants and Ecosystems Services, with site-specific cultural needs for our local native plants, plus how to create functional ecosystems in the managed landscape (reclamation ecology)
• IPM: Specifically, OMRI, Targeted Pest Management
• Ecological and Habitat Services Design Principles, and Natural Climate Solutions
• How to Incentivize and Monetize the Ecological Landscaping and Land Management Model
Instructors
Joyann Cirigliano
Course Codes
Provider
TRSAC (Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center )