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10th Annual Land Ethics Symposium:
“Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping”
For a brochure, click here. For a fax-friendly registration form, click here.
Registrations will be processed starting January 4, 2010
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All past attendees will be sent a brochure. If you would like to receive a brochure or update your contact information, contact Amy Hoffmann hoffmann@bhwp.org or (215) 862-2924 ext. 102. No phone or online registrations.
New Hope, Pennsylvania – Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve presents its 10th Annual Land Ethics Symposium: “Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping” on Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Symposium will be held at the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, convenient to I-95, U.S.-1 and area airports.
Stay ahead of the curve with innovative ideas and successful solutions from experienced landscape practitioners. This informative Symposium focuses on ways to create low-maintenance, economical and ecologically balanced landscapes using native plants and restoration techniques.
The Symposium is geared toward professionals, including landscape architects, designers, contractors and other landscape/horticulture industry professionals, environmental consultants, land planners, managers and developers, and state/municipal officials.
Continuing education units are available for landscape architects, landscape designers and other landscape and horticulture professionals (see brochure for details).
Attendees will have opportunities to develop contacts with colleagues and share resources. A selection of topical books from the Preserve’s Twinleaf Shop will be available for purchase.
The fee for the Symposium is $99. The fee for fulltime students is $65. This includes a continental breakfast, refreshment break and buffet lunch. Deadline for receipt of registration and payment is Thursday, February 8, 2010.
2010 Symposium Featured Speakers:
Steven Apfelbaum, Founder, President and Senior Ecologist of Applied Ecological Service, “Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm”
William Cullina, Plant and Garden Curator, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, “What Do You Mean I’m Not a Perennial!?! Native Shrubs and Small Trees for Perennial Companionship”
Peter Scott Johnson, RLA, Partner, ThinkGreen LLC, Bridging the Gap: Sustainable Landscapes from Conception to Implementation”
William Sweeney, Program Supervisor for the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center,
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources “Protecting Greenways to Preserve Biological Diversity”
Susan K. Weiler, FASLA, Partner, OLIN Partnership, “Beyond the Property Line: Ecological, Economic, Spatial and Social Benefits of Green Roof Systems”
2010 Symposium Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor
www.buckscounty.org
Premier Sponsors
Paul W. Steinbeiser, Inc. Landscape Design & Construction
www.pwsteinbeiser.com
Temple University Ambler
www.ambler.temple.edu
Partner Sponsors
North Creek Nurseries, Inc.
Octoraro Native Plant Nursery
Pinelands Nursery, Inc.
Princeton Hydro, LLC
ThinkGreen LLC
Friends
Conway School of Landscape Design
Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation
PA/DE Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects
Press Contact: Joyce Burian, Business Manager (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: pr@bhwp.org
http://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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