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Eco Gardening: Principles in Practice - In Person Version
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ONSITE | Three Sessions: Wednesdays, March 6, 20 & April 3, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Instructor: Nina Shippen
$145 Adult Non-Member
(**Arboretum Members receive a 10% discount on all classes.)
BREG - Core
Limit: 24
Ecological gardening is a way of thinking about the designed landscape in which gardens are no longer seen as a collection of plants, but as a community of complex interdependencies among plants, soils, environment and animals. Ecology-based methods used in design, site assessment, planning, planting and management are all covered in this comprehensive overview class. Gardeners of all levels of interest and ability will find this foundational class valuable for learning ecologically-sustainable practices that can be adapted and applied in a variety of landscapes. Participants in the in-person class have access to the online sessions in case they have to miss a meeting.
The class is a core requirement for the Arboretum's Blue Ridge Eco Gardener Certificate of Merit program. An asynchronous version of this class is open from March 6 through May 31 in 2024.
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West and Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Doug Tallamy are recommended texts. Available in the Arboretum’s Connections Gallery with student member discount.
Nina Shippen practices residential landscape and garden design through her company Hidden Road Landscape Design, which focuses on coupling the principles of healing gardens with sound ecologic practices to create satisfying gardens for her clients. A graduate of the landscape design program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, she has lived and gardened in Transylvania County since 2005.
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Tickets are no longer available online for this class. Please contact our Adult & Continuing Education Department with any questions at adulteducation@ncarboretum.org.