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30th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium and Plant Sale
US National Arboretum
Washington, DC
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Good design in today's gardens and landscapes integrates the beautiful with the ecologically beneficial. Join the nation's top practitioners of landscape design, ecology, and resource management to learn how you can apply their approaches, insights, and techniques.

See http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/events.html for an online brochure.

Schedule

8:30   Registration and Plant Sale

9:30   Welcome and Introductions
      Dr. Richard Olsen, Director, US National      
      Arboretum          

      Joan Feely, Curator, Fern Valley Native Plant  
      Collection, U.S. National Arboretum

9:40   A Chickadee's Guide to Gardening
      Dr. Doug Tallamy

Traditionally, it has been acceptable practice to design landscapes strictly for our own pleasure, with little thought as to how they impact the natural world. Using chickadees and other wildlife as guides, Dr. Douglas Tallamy will revisit our approach to gardening to see what is required to keep our landscapes truly alive. See how sharing our gardens with other living things will benefit local wildlife and enhance our experience.

10:45   Refreshment Break

11:00   Morning Concurrent Sessions:

       East meets Wild: Native Plants in Ikebana
       Valerie Eccleston
 
See how ikebana artist Valerie Eccleston and her
students use native plants to create Ichiyo
arrangements, which offer the viewer an experience
with nature that is unexpected, stimulating, and
profound.        

      Planting the Future of the Anacostia River
      Jorge Montero
             
 Learn how native plants and public interest will shape
 the future of this important urban waterway.  

    Unlocking the Mystery of Wild Orchids
    Dr. Melissa McCormick
     
Native orchid expert Dr. Melissa McCormick will share the new methods she has developed to measure, grow, and support both of these entities to advance orchid cultivation and  benefit conservation efforts.


12:00  Lunch and Plant Sale


1:15   Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

(See summaries above under "Morning Concurrent Sessions")

      East meets Wild: Native Plants in Ikebana

      Planting the Future of the Anacostia River

      Unlocking the Mystery of Wild Orchids


2:20  Creating a Dynamic and Resilient Landscape
     Claudia West

Claudia West talks about spectacular perennials and grasses and how to use them in stable, layered, natural combinations that increase the ornamental, functional, and ecological value of your landscape. Enjoy and be inspired!  

3:30   Adjourn


Speakers

Dr. Doug Tallamy is the author of the award-winning book, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens and more recently, The Living Landscape: Designing with Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden with co-author Rick Darke.

Claudia West holds a Master's Degree of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Together with co-author Thomas Rainer, she has recently published her first book, Planting in a Post-Wild World.        

Valerie Eccleston began studying Ichiyo style ikebana in the 1970's while living in Japan with her family. She teaches, demonstrates, and exhibits extensively across the US and Canada.

Melissa McCormick is an Ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, where she has worked with orchids and other plants since 1999. She is also one of the founding members of the North American Orchid Conservation Center, which works to assure the survival of native orchids.  

Jorge Bogantes Montero is a natural resource specialist at the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS). He has been working on reforestation, wetland restoration, meadow creation, and invasive plant management along the banks of the Anacostia.



Friends of the National Arboretum

Native Plant Sale
8:30 am  2:00 pm

Located adjacent to the Administration Building

Native Plant Sale proceeds support the
Fern Valley Native Plant Collection

Many vendors accept cash and checks only.
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Location

US National Arboretum (View)
3501 New York Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002
United States

Categories

Education > Classes
Education > Workshops
Other > Green

Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

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