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• Tomorrow's Landscapes: More Birds, Butterflies, and Bees for YOUR Garden

  • When
    14 Apr 2012
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  • Location
    Shenadoah University, Brandt Student Union, Winchester, VA

  Sponsoring Organizations: The Piedmont-Blue Ridge Horticulture Society and Shenandoah University

  Full-day conference.

  The conference speakers are:

  • Doug Tallamy, popular speaker and author of Bringing Nature Home
  • Janet Scott Davis, owner of native perennials nursery, Hill House Nursery, in Rappahanock and designer of sustainable landscapes in Virginia
  • Vincent Simeone, director of Planting Fields Arboretum on Long Island and expert on shrubs and trees that thrive in the mid-Atlantic
  • Jeff Lowenfels, author of Teaming with Microbes about the abundant and largely unknown life in the soil and a very entertaining speaker
  • Jim McCormac is a passionate wildlife expert from Ohio and author of Wild Ohio
  • Stephen Orr, author of Tomorrow’s Garden about how gardeners across the country are looking at landscape in new ways.

  Registration: All registration is in advance of the conference. There will be no registration on that day. Cost for the conference is $99 and includes lunch and drinks. For more information and to register, go to www.tomorrowslandscapes.org and, if questions remain contact Genie Cate at info@pbrhs.org.

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• Conference: Tomorrow’s Landscapes: More Birds, Butterflies, & Bees for YOUR Garden.

  • When
    14 Apr 2012
  •  
    9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Winchester, VA

  Sponsored by: Piedmont-Blue Ridge Horticulture Society and Shenandoah University 

  “Each of these speakers is a national expert, and each is particularly good at presenting ideas that resonate with gardeners today,” said Genie Cate, president of the horticulture society. “We want to provide a comprehensive view of plants, tools, and approaches for developing pollinator- and bird-friendly landscapes appropriate to the mid-Atlantic growing conditions. ”
   
  The conference speakers are:
   
  Doug Tallamy, popular speaker and author of Bringing Nature Home
   
  Janet Scott Davis, owner of native perennials nursery, Hill House Nursery, in Rappahanock and designer of sustainable landscapes in Virginia
   
  Vincent Simeone, director of Planting Fields Arboretum on Long Island and expert on shrubs and trees that thrive in the mid-Atlantic
   
  Jeff Lowenfels, author of Teaming with Microbes about the abundant and largely unknown life in the soil and a very entertaining speaker
   
  Jim McCormac is a passionate wildlife expert from Ohio and author of Wild Ohio
   
  Stephen Orr, author of Tomorrow’s Garden about how gardeners across the country are looking at landscape in new ways. He is also very busy in him current position as garden editor of Martha Stewart Living.
   
  “We are delighted to be working with Shenandoah University’s famous ecologist, Dr. Woody Bousqet, on this project,” said Cate. “Cosponsors have also been so important, from Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and the local Audubon chapters to Piedmont Environmental Council and the native plant societies from Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Everybody has pitched in to support this conference and we are thrilled!”
   
  REGISTRATION: All registration is in advance of the conference. There will be no registration on that day. Cost for the conference is $99 and includes lunch and drinks. www.tomorrowslandscapes.org

  CONTACT: Genie Cate at info@pbrhs.org.

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• Society for Economic Botany 53rd Annual Meeting: "Ethnobotany of Mountain Cultures"

  • Start
    03 Jun 2012
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  • End
    07 Jun 2012
  • Location
    Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

  ABSTRACTS and ANNUAL MEETING

  The Society for Economic Botany is now accepting abstracts for the 53rd Annual Meeting, "Ethnobotany of Mountain Cultures," which will take place June 3-7, 2012 in Frostburg, Maryland, USA. This is going to be a fantastic meeting organized by Frostburg State University and Allegany College of Maryland. To read more about the field trips, meeting, and entertainment we have planned, please visit: http://www.econbot.org/_organization_/index.php?sm=07|meetings_by_year/2012

  Submit your abstract before the deadline of April 1, 2012. See http://www.econbot.org/_organization_/07_annual_meetings/abstract_submission/.

  The Society for Economic Botany ‘s mission is: To foster and encourage scientific research, education, and related activities on the past, present, and future uses of plants, and the relationship between plants and people, and to make the results of such research available to the scientific community and the general public through meetings and publications.

  Please submit abstracts related to botanical research. Special symposium are organized around the themes of natural resource management, rare, threatened and endangered species, non-timber forest products, medicinal botany, and other areas.

  More Information:

  For additional information contact seb@frostburg.edu. We look forward to your participation.

  Sunshine L. Brosi, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Biology
  Frostburg State University
  101 Braddock Road
  Frostburg, MD 21532
  301-687-4213
  slbrosi@frostburg.edu

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• MNPS Annual Fall Conference: Restoring and Preserving Biodiversity in Developed Landscapes

  • Start
    29 Sep 2012
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    30 Sep 2012
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Towson University, Baltimore, MD
  • Spaces left
    175

  MNPS Annual Fall Conference 2012

  Restoring and Preserving Biodiversity in Developed Landscapes

   

  On-line Registration is Not Yet Ready.

  We're in the beginning planning stages and the site will be updated as new information is confirmed.

  Field Trips

  Afternoon and Sunday Field Trips will be important venues to expand on the theme.

  Location

  Towson Univeristy
  Baltimore, MD

  Presentations

  Directions

  More Information:

  • Agenda (To Be Determined)
  • Native Treasures

  Volunteer!

  Join the Conference Committee in planning the event, coordinating the field trips, food, Native Treasures, publicity or other necessary tasks. Contact Karyn Molines at mnps@chesapeake.net

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