Event Calendar: Ecosystem Gardening,
Beautiful Wildlife Garden,
and Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens
November 2012
November 3, 2012 – Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- Ecosystem Gardening for Wildlife, SALT Conference, Connecticut College Arboretum
November 28, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- How to Spot an Owl, Cape May Court House Library, NJ
February 2013
February 1, 2013 – Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- Ecosystem Gardening for Wildlife, Today’s Horticulture, presented by Mount Cuba Center at Longwood Gardens, PA
Archives
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 5, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Backyard Habitat for Birds (& Butterflies, Dragonflies & more), West Cape May Environmental Commission, West Cape May, NJ
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 14, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Birds and Birding at Cape May, Cape May Birding Road Scholar Program, Cape May, NJ
May 15, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Backyard Habitat for Birds (& Butterflies, Dragonflies & more), Ocean City Environmental Commission’s Lecture Series, Ocean City, NJ
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
May 17, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Birds and Birding at Cape May, Appalachian Audubon Society, Camp Hill, PA
May 19, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Bird Studies at New Cape May, NJ Audubon’s Cape MAYgration Celebration, Cape May, NJ
May 20, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- How to Create a No Fuss Wildlife Pond, NJ Audubon’s Cape MAYgration Celebration, Cape May, NJ
June 2012
June 2, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Local Author Book Signing, Barnes & Noble, Leominster, MA
June 5, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Pick of the Planet Expert Garden Panel, Waterstreet Bookstore, Exeter, NH
June 13, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Endemic Plants of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver, British Columbia
June 14, 2012 – Heather Holm of Restoring the Landscape with Native Plants
- Restoring Your Own Landscape with Native Plants, Minnesota Master Naturalists, Minnetonka Community Center, MN
June 19 & 26, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- iPhone Photography, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA
June 20 & 21, 2012 – Carole Sevilla Brown of Ecosystem Gardening
- Ecosystem Gardening for Wildlife, Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, ME
June 20, 2012 – Beatriz Moisset of Pollinators
- Join the Conversation: Saving Pollinators one Garden at a Time. Briar Bush Nature Center, Abington, PA
July 2012
July 6-9, 2012 – Susan J. Tweit of Susan J. Tweit
- Writer on the River, Floatposia, Colorado Art Ranch, CO
July 9, 2012 – Catherine Zimmerman of The Meadow Project
- Meadowscaping: A Recipe for Healthy Urban and Suburban Landscapes, Tennessee Valley Chapter of the Wild Ones, Chattanooga, TN
July 10, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Battlestar Backyardia – Battling the Alien Invaders – How to deal with invasive plant species in our gardens, Ocean City Environmental Commission’s Lecture Series, Ocean City Free Public Library, Ocean City, NJ
July 10, 2012 – Catherine Zimmerman of The Meadow Project
- Meadowscaping in Urban & Suburban Spaces, Georgia Native Plant Society, Atlanta, GA
July 13, 14,15, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Tours of Private Butterfly Gardens, Nature Center of Cape May, NJ
July 15, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Wildflower Photography, Native Plant Society of Oregon Annual Meeting, Selma, WA
July 16 – 18, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Digital Wildflower Photography with a Pocket Camera, Siskiyou Field Institute, Selma, WA
July 23, 2012 – Heather Holm of Restoring the Landscape with Native Plants
- Minnesota’s Moths, Butterflies, and their Native Food Plants, Minnesota Master Naturalists, Minnetonka Community Center, MN
July 23, 24,25, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Learn How to Create a No-Fuss Wildlife Pond, Cape May Court House Library, Cape May Courthouse, NJ
July 24, 2012 – Benjamin Vogt of The Deep Middle
- Native Prairie Plants, Botanica, Wichita, KS
July 26, 2012 – Susan J. Tweit of Susan J. Tweit
- TEDx Homer, Homer, AK
July 28, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- With author Sarah Pinneo about the career transition from corporate slave to book authoring, Bookstock, the Green Mountain Festival of Words, Woodstock, VT
Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Pocket Camera Wildflower Photography, North Cascades Institute Learning Center, Diablo Lake, OR
July 30, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Hummingbirds 101, Cape May Courthouse Library, Cape May Court House, NJ
July 31, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Hummingbirds 101, Ocean City Environmental Commission’s Lecture Series, Ocean City Free Public Library, Ocean City, NJ
August 2012
August 6, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Seashore Wildlife Gardens, Sea Isle City Library, Sea Isle City, NJ
August 7, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Butterflies and Dragonflies of Summer, Sea Isle City Library, Sea Isle City, NJ
August 12, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Digital Wildflower Photography with a Pocket Camera, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
August 14 – 16, 2012 – Mark Turner of Turner Photographics
- Digital Wildflower Photography with a Pocket Camera, North Cascades Institute, North Cascades National Park, WA
August 17, 18, 19, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Tours of Private Hummingbird Gardens, Nature Center of Cape May, NJ
August 21, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- How To Create a Pollinator Garden for Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Moths, Bees, and More!, Ocean City Environmental Commission’s Lecture Series, Ocean City Free Public Library, Ocean City, NJ
August 25, 2012 — Judy Burris of Butterfly Nature
- The Magic of Butterflies, Natural Bridge State Park, Slade, KY
September 2012
September 1, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- How to Create a Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden, Palmyra Cove Nature Park, Palmyra, NJ
September 4, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Butterflies and Dragonflies of Fall, Cape May Court House Library, NJ
September 14, 15, 16, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Tours of Private Monarch Butterfly Gardens, Nature Center of Cape May, NJ
September 19, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Fall Blooming Perennials, Cape May Court House Library, NJ
September 24, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Birds and Birding at Cape May, Cape May Birding Road Scholar Program, Cape May, NJ
September 24, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Hawks in Flight, Cape May Birding Road Scholar Program, Cape May, N
September 30 – October 6, 2012 – Susan J. Tweit of Susan J. Tweit
- Wet Mountain Valley Fall Writer’s Workshop, Westcliffe, CO
October 2012
September 30 – October 6, 2012 – Susan J. Tweit of Susan J. Tweit
- Wet Mountain Valley Fall Writer’s Workshop, Westcliffe, CO
October 2, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Monarchs and Milkweeds, Cape May Court House Library, NJ
October 10, 2012 – Benjamin Vogt of The Deep Middle
- Native Prairie Plants, KZUM How’s It Growing (Live Stream) , Lincoln, NE
October 10, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Dragonfly Primer, Acorn Garden Club, Marmora, NJ
October 15, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Birds and Birding at Cape May, Cape May Birding Road Scholar Program, Cape May, NJ
October 15, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Hawks in Flight, Cape May Birding Road Scholar Program, Cape May, NJ
October 16,, 2012 – Ellen Sousa of New England Habitat Garden
- Wildlife Habitat Gardening, Newburyport, MA Garden Club
October 16, 2012 – Heather Holm of Restoring the Landscape with Native Plants
- Native Bees of Minnesota, Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield, MN
October 19 – 21, 2012 – Susan J. Tweit of Susan J. Tweit
- Women Writing the West, Alburque, NM
October 20, 2012 – Kevin Songer, of Metro Verde
- Living Green Roofs, TEDxRiversideAvondale
October 27, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- How to Create a Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden, Medford Leas, Medford, NJ
October 28, 2012 – Catherine Zimmerman of The Meadow Project
- Meadowscaping; A Recipe for Restoring Native Habitat, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, fall 2012 Jenny Fitch Lecture
October 29, 2012 – Pat Sutton of Pat and Clay Sutton
- Native Trees, Cape May Court House Library, NJ
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