Annual Landscape Design Symposium

Uncharted Territory: An Expansive Approach to Environmental Landscape Design

The seminar is held at Haverford College on January 13 and 14, 2011 

Relying on traditional landscape methods in a new era of ecological design simply won’t cut it. In this two-day program we will look to a variety of disciplines, cultures, and art forms for concrete strategies that respond to the rapidly expanding scope of landscape design.

Featured talks include:

“Saving Energy: One Aspect of Sustainable Landscape Design”—Landscape architect, Sue Reed will discuss how landscape projects can be designed, built, and managed to consume less energy. 

“Overlooked Plant Characteristics: Accessing the Data”—Plant taxonomists, Arthur Haines and John Kartesz will discuss reliable information sources essential to understanding the roles and relationships  of individual plants and their ecosystems in the eastern U.S.

“Native Meadows:  Reviewing the State of the Art”—Catherine Zimmerman will illustrate methods of native meadow establishment as discussed in her recent book, Urban and Suburban Meadows.

Click here is see a copy of the brochure and registration form.