Native Plant and Sustainability Conference | Land Care Professionals
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This year's conference, which will be held in-person on Fri., Jan. 29, will feature an exciting line up of speakers and topics.
Schedule
12:30 – 1 p.m.
Registration
1 – 1:10 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
1:10 – 2:10 p.m.
The Regenerative Contractor: Integrating Design, Ecology, and Earth Repair | Erik Ohlsen
Professional Land care is a land use industry primed to become a beneficial force for regenerating ecosystems and communities. Traditional landscaping treats nature as a product to control and suppress; regenerative design unleashes it as an engine of ecosystem repair. This talk provides land care professionals with a field-tested framework for taking complex ecological concepts and turning them into buildable, high-value projects, and companies. Explore the integration of reading land, biological soil building, microclimate management, and water management into seamless design-build workflows. Elevate your practice, lead the ecological evolution in land care, and build a high-performance business that actively repairs watersheds and restores biodiversity.
2:10 – 2:25 p.m.
Break
2:25 – 3:25 p.m.
Right Plant, Right Place, Right Process | Dr. Ryan Gott
Landscape and other plant industry professionals understand perhaps better than anyone the need to match plants with the right growing conditions in which they thrive. We will examine some of the ecological and evolutionary principles that help explain why “Right Plant, Right Place” works. We will then expand on the same principles to explore how adding in the right process can create ecologically minded landscapes.
3:25 – 3:40 p.m.
Break
3:40 – 4:40 p.m.
Panel of Local Native Plant Purveyors
We are excited to introduce many of you to native plant nurseries of which you may not be aware. On hand will be Roxanne Swan from the Audubon Center for Native Plants, Crystal Armagost Volchko founder of Rust Belt Natives and Amanda McClean from Izel Natives. Hear why they are passionate about native plants; what the current trends are in native plant sales and how to include more native plants into the work that you do.
4:40 – 4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks, Evaluation
4:45 – 6 p.m.
Reception
Please stay after the conference to meet with all of the conference speakers from both days and connect with other landcare practitioners. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Questions? Contact our Phipps' education team at edu@phipps.conservatory.org.
This conference counts as a 4 hour elective credit for the following Phipps certificate programs: Ecological Gardening and Landscape and Garden Design. CEU credits for PCH and LA CES are pending; please inquire for more information.
Conference Speakers
Erik Ohlsen
Erik Ohlsen is a master of regenerative design, an internationally recognized Permaculture teacher, a landscape contractor, author, farmer, herbalist, storyteller, and practitioner of Nordic folk traditions.
Since 1999 Erik has founded numerous organizations that regenerate ecosystems including his award-winning design and build firm Permaculture Artisans and The Permaculture Skills Center where thousands of students around the world learn ecological landscaping and regenerative agriculture.
Working as an internationally renowned regenerative designer, he has committed decades to repairing ecosystems and connecting people with the land throughout the globe. He has designed and implemented hundreds of regenerated landscapes ranging from small urban lots to large tracts of land.
His many years of experience observing and listening to landscape patterns while managing installation crews have led to an extensive knowledge of ecological land development and planning. He is a specialist in water harvesting systems, food forest design, community organizing, facilitation, vocational education and much more. In all of his work there is a presence of social equity, climate justice, and ecosystem restoration and his stories and achievements continue to empower people worldwide.
Ryan Gott, Ph.D.
Dr. Ryan Gott is the Senior Director of Horticulture and Agriculture Technology at Bidwell Training Center, a graduate of the Longwood Gardens Fellowship, and a Pennsylvania native plant enthusiast. Pulling from backgrounds in research, education, and applied horticulture, Dr. Gott loves to illuminate the systemic connections between science, nature, and culture.
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