Blue Ridge PRISM: Winter Quarterly Meeting: Winter Activities for Invasive Plant Control
FREE live webinar
January 11, 2023 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Winter is a great time to tackle invasive plants! In this interactive webinar, learn about safe and effective winter control methods and find out which plants can be treated now or should be left alone for later. You may submit your questions beforehand (during registration) to the panel of experts, or ask them live.
Panelists:
Laura Greenleaf – Invasive Plant Management Coordinator, James River Park System
Nicola McGoff – Director, Wild Ginger Field Services
Nicole Shuman – Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent, Virginia Cooperative Extension
Garden Basics: Pruning the Right Way at the Right Time
Pruning your trees and shrubs proactively can benefit their health and safety. Removing dead, broken, and diseased branches will allow the remaining portions of the plant to thrive.
You will learn . . .
• How to improve appearance and structure, as well as maintain size, form, and function
• When, where, and how to prune, as well as the best tools to use
• How to prune safely
Garden Basics is a partnership with Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Church.
Coming up in February . . .
2023 GreenScapes Symposium sponsored by Brookside Gardens
Friday, February 17, 2023 | 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Early Bird fee of $45 ends Friday, January 13. After this date, registration increases to $55 per person. To learn more and register for this live Zoom event, click on this link: www.brooksidegreen.org.
For questions or help with registration, please email Maia Eskin at maia.eskin@montgomeryparks.org.
The GreenScapes Symposium is an annual program sponsored by Brookside Gardens since 2004. The symposium explores the latest topics related to landscape sustainability and the environment. The topics and presenters are as follows:
9:30 am: Quest for Climate Resiliency: Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Plant Designs
by Laura Hansplant, landscape architect and co-owner at Studio Sustena
How should changing weather patterns affect the way we design our landscapes? This lecture will examine resilience strategies that help landscapes successfully respond to climate change. What critical ecological functions need to be protected over time? Why is density and species diversity important to adaptation?
11:00 am: Soak it up: Carbon Sequestering Sites
by Pamela Conrad, landscape architect, founder of Climate Positive Design, and current Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design
The reduction and storage of carbon levels from the atmosphere is critical to fighting climate change. Learn about the opportunities for carbon sequestration through site development and design in a range of landscapes. How can soil health, functional plant diversity and sustainable maintenance practices reduce and capture carbon?
1:15 pm: On This Land: Connecting Minority Communities to the Natural World
by Veronica Tyson-Strait, landscape designer, educator, artist, and Horticulture Manager at Randall’s Island Park Alliance
Learn key strategies on how to design and manage landscapes that engage immigrants and communities of color and provide them with a sense of belonging. How can we balance the priority of native plant gardens with the need for new residents to connect with culturally familiar yet foreign florae? Which mainstream expectations around garden maintenance and design aesthetics are at odds with minority cultures and communities? What can we learn from those who are more closely connected to their horticultural heritage? As an immigrant from the Caribbean designing and managing landscapes in New York City, Veronica is uniquely positioned to answer these questions and share lessons from her hands-on experience.
2:45: Unlawning Suburbia: Lessons in the Design and Management of Nature-Inspired Landscapes
by Benjamin Vogt, Author & Owner, Monarch Gardens
Two of the greatest challenges in creating a naturalistic garden are demonstrating that the space is intentional and appeasing HOAs, city ordinances, and finicky neighbors. This lecture will cover core design principles that bring visual order to naturalized gardens and that can be adapted to your local native plants. Successful strategies to appease the human community will be explored while looking at landscape examples and success stories from around the country.
Contact: Jason Gedeik at 301-962-1470 or jason.gedeik@montgomeryparks.org.
Garden Basics: Tools for Gardening Smarter, Not Harder
The Piedmont Master Gardeners will offer a primer on easy-to-find as well as odd, little-known, but handy tools for tending the yard and garden—from socks and gloves to clippers and tree-extraction tools. This free Garden Basics session will cover:
• caring for your tools and where to buy them;
• how, when, and where to use them properly.
Space is limited. See below to register and reserve a place in the class. Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church.
