Start Date
09/24/2025
End Date
09/24/2025
Description
Uncovering the often-hidden vegetative characteristics of a site can help designers enhance botanic diversity, while curating inspirational places that elicit a true sense of place. This full day session will include classroom presentations and field exploration of both meadow and woodland landscapes. Presenters, including designer Larry Weaner and ecologist/horticulturist Steven Conaway, PhD, will show how deep site analysis can help designers recognize and incorporate a site’s inherent inclinations - be it for a restoration, a garden, or a blend of the two.
Location
Boylston, MA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Design-Build
Residential Design
Rural Landscape
Site Planning
Sustainable Development & Design
Urban Planning & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
8.0
Learning Outcomes
- Learn to recognize the existing physical and vegetative conditions that determine the absence or abundance of native or exotic species.
- Develop plans to influence the site’s future vegetative trajectory.
- Determine a design overlay that combines the inclinations of the site with the designer’s and client’s vision.
Instructors
Steve Conaway, PhD, Robert Graham, Mark Richardson, Larry Weaner, FAPLD
Course Codes
Provider
New Directions in the American Landscape