Event Calendar: Ecosystem Gardening,
Beautiful Wildlife Garden,
and Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens
February, 2012
February 12, 2012 — Kelly Brenner of Metropolitan Field Guide,
- Pilchuck Audubon Society, WA Urban Wildlife Habitat Design
February 14, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Backyard Habitat for Birds (& Butterflies, Dragonflies & more), Atlantic County Master Gardeners, NJ
February 16, 2012 — Catherine Zimmerman of The Meadow Project
- From Lawn to Meadowscape, Piedmont Landscape Association, Charlottesville, VA
February 16, 2012 — Recommended by Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping, Land Ethics Symposium, Langhorne, PA
February 22, 2012 — Christina Kobland of Native Return
- Building Biodiversity as a Best Practice in Landscape Management, DRPS Annual Conference, Rehoboth Beach, DE
February 24 & 25 — Sue Reed of Energy Wise Landscape Design,
- Rhode Island Flower Show, Providence, RI
February 27, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Organic Gardening, Charlton, MA Garden Club
March, 2012
March 4, 2012 – Catherine Zimmerman of The Meadow Project
- Meadowscaping with Native Plants, 25th Annual Wildflower Conference, East Lansing, MI
March 5, 2012 – Catherine Zimmerman of The Meadow Project
- Creating Organic, Sustainable Meadows, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA
March 5, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Growing From Seed, BayPath Evening School, Charlton, MA
March 7 & 8, 2012 – Recommended by Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- 18th Annual Ecological Landscaping Association Conference, Springfield, MA
March 10, 2012 — Sue Reed of Energy Wise Landscape Design
- Garden Wise 2012, York, PA
March 14, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Pollinator-Friendly Landscaping, NH Landscape Association and UNH Extension, Concord NH
March 20 & 27, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden, MA: Earth Friendly Landscaping
March 22, 2012 — Benjamin Vogt of The Deep Middle
- Our Lives With Nebraska Wildflowers, Finke Gardens, Lincoln, NE
March 24 — Pinelands Short Course, Burlington County NJ
Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Hummingbirds 101: All About Ruby Throated Hummingbirds and How to Attract Them
- Garden for Wildlife in the Pinelands
Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- The Five Pillars of Ecosystem Gardening
- Planning Your Ecosystem Garden for Wildlife
April, 2012
April 4, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Our Native Pollinators: Intriguing Insects and More, Grow Native Massachusetts, Cambridge, MA
April 12, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Habitat Garden Landscaping, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Wellesley MA
April 13 – 15, 2012 — Susan J. Tweit of Walking Nature Home
- Sixth National Women’s Memoir Conference, Story Circle Network, Austin, TX
April 14, 2012 — Emily DeBolt of Fiddlehead Creek Farm
- Go Native! An Introduction to Gardening with Native Plants, The Kings Garden at Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, NY
April 14, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Landscape Design Workshop (for Wildlife Gardeners), NJ Audubon’s Nature Center of Cape May, NJ
April 15, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Backyard Habitat for Birds (& Butterflies, Dragonflies & more), Atlantic County Master Gardeners, NJ
April 21, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Milkweed for Monarchs, NJ Audubon’s Nature Center of Cape May, NJ
- Hummingbirds 101: All About Ruby Throated Hummingbirds and How to Attract Them, NJ Audubon’s Nature Center of Cape May, NJ
- Habitat Landscaping, Maynard Community Gardeners, Maynard, MA
May 2012
May 1, 2012 — Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Native Plants of the Pacific NW, Portland Garden Club, Portland, OR
May 7 & 12, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Creating Bird and Pollinator-friendly Gardens (includes a farm tour of Turkey Hill Brook Farm), BayPath Evening School, Charlton, MA
May 17-20, 2012 — recommended by Loret T. Setters of Osceola Fl Garden Blah Blah Blog
- Florida Native Plant Society 32nd Annual Conference, Plant City, FL
June 2012
June 13, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Endemic Plants of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver, British Columbia
June 20 & 21, 2012 – Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- Ecosystem Gardening for Wildlife, Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, ME
July 2012
July 26, 2012 – Susan J. Tweit of Walking Nature Home
- TEDx Homer, Homer, AK
Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Pocket Camera Wildflower Photography, North Cascades Institute Learning Center, Diablo Lake, OR
August 2012
August 14 – 16, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Pocket Camera Wildflower Photography, Siskiyou Field Institute
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