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Fifth Annual Land Ethics Symposium: “Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping”
New Hope, Pennsylvania – On Thursday, February 17, 2005, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve will sponsor the Fifth Annual Land Ethics Symposium: “Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping”. The Symposium will be held from 8:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. at the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, convenient to I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Co-sponsors of the 2005 Symposium are Solebury Township; County of Bucks, Office of the Commissioners; Andropogon Associates and the PA/DE Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects.
This stimulating and informative Symposium will focus on ways to create low-maintenance, economical, and ecologically balanced landscapes using native plants and restoration techniques.
Attendees also will have opportunities to develop contacts with colleagues and share resources. A selection of topical books from the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Twinleaf Shop will be available for purchase.
The Symposium is geared toward landscape architects, designers, contractors and other members of the landscape industry, environmental consultants, land planners, managers and developers, state/municipal officials and fulltime students.
Continuing education units are available for landscape architects, landscape designers and other landscape and horticulture professionals.
The fee for the Symposium is $85, which includes a continental breakfast, refreshment break and lunch. The full-time student rate is $60. Pre-registration is required. Deadline for receipt of registration and payment is Thursday, February 10, 2005.
2005 Featured Speakers
“Creating Biodiversity through Landscape Restoration”-
Jeffrey Keller, restoration ecologist and principal of Habitat by Design, will provide an understanding of plant/animal community structure and biological diversity and illustrate how to apply these principles as an ecological basis for design decisions.
“Revitalizing Urban Ecology” -
Sara Pevaroff Schuh, registered landscape architect and principal of Salt Design Studio, will explore the question of what it means to be ecological in America’s 21st century cities. She will focus on case studies of residential and public open space designs that contribute to the broader ecology of heavily developed areas.
“Speaking the Native Language: Choice Plants for Ecological Design”-
A. Miles Arnott, botanist and Executive Director of Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, will explain the rich palette of plants that forms the basis of our native communities, as well as the functional and structural relationships among individual species.
“Five Steps to Successful Prairie Meadow Establishment” -
Neil Diboll, consulting ecologist, landscape designer and President of Prairie Nursery, will discuss the ecology of prairie and grassland ecosystems and explain tried-and-true techniques for creating small prairie gardens and large prairie meadows.
“New Uses for Old Floodplains” -
Mark Gutshall, certified wetland consultant and President of LandStudies, will explain problems with unstable stream channels and illustrate restoration techniques for creating stable stream corridors in our region.
To request a brochure or for more information, please contact Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve at (215) 862-2924 or e-mail communications@bhwp.org.
Press Contact: Nancy Beaubaire, Director of Communications (215) 862-2924
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve
P.O. Box 685
New Hope, PA 18938
Phone: (215) 862-2924 Fax: (215) 862-1846
E-mail: communications@bhwp.org
www.bhwp.org
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve is managed by the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Association Inc., in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
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