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  • Please note

    Registration for and access to this session is open until *October 23, 2024.*

Where science meets practice

Course Overview

*This is the second of seven Intensive Course sessions, and can be purchased individually or as part of the Full Bundle. Sessions 1&2 are recommended prerequisites for subsequent sessions. 


Presenter: Larry Weaner, FAPLD

Larry will expand upon the ecological principles described in Session 1 by illustrating them in the context of landscape plans, planting protocols, and management procedures. He will also describe often-neglected plant characteristics that are crucial to ecology-based practice. These will include habitat fidelity, colonization patterns, seasonal growth period, life spans, spatial and temporal niche, and proliferation strategies. 

Attendees will receive a 100+ page, login-protected course manual.

Applicable Regions: Eastern and Midwestern U.S. (Florida excluded).

Note: This course will have some repeated information from previous intensive design short courses.


Date & Time: Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 1 - 4:30 PM ET
The session will be recorded and viewable to registrants for 3 months after the live session date. 

Location: Virtual

Fee: $135 for individual session, $645 for Full Bundle (Sessions 1-7)

Wild Ones member discount: If you have already emailed your member status verification for a previous course, please look out for our email sending the new code for this Intensive Course. If you have not yet, please email verification of member status to [email protected] for discount code.

Student discount: Email verification of student status (ie. course schedule including your name and enrollment date) to [email protected] for 20% off discount code.

Event Category: Professional

CEUs: APLD (3), LA CES (3), NOFA (3), SER (3)
See here for details & instructions. 

Register by: 3 months after the live session date


Registration will be refunded only if notification is received before five (5) working days prior to the event.



ATTENDEE COURSE MATERIALS

The course materials will become available 24 hours prior to the live session start times. You'll receive an email with instructions to access by logging into your Portal account.

Note: All course materials will be accessible for 3 months after each live date. Session handouts will be downloadable, but session recordings will not be downloadable.


Instructor

Larry Weaner, FAPLD, president and founder of Larry Weaner Landscape Associates, established New Directions in the American Landscape in 1990. He is nationally recognized for combining expertise in horticulture, landscape design, and ecological restoration. His design and restoration work spans more than twenty U.S. states and the U.K., and has been profiled in national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Garden Design, American Gardener, Wildflower Magazine, and ASLA’s “The Dirt” blog. Larry has presented at American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual and state chapter meetings, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) events, and many others. His book, Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (Timber Press 2016) received an American Horticultural Society (AHS) Book Award in 2017. In 2021 he received the AHS Landscape Design Award and the APLD Award of Distinction.

Photo by Kim Sokoloff

Ecology-based Landscape Practice Intensive Course - Bundle

Larry Weaner and Ian Caton

Ecology-based Landscape Practice Intensive Course - Individual Sessions

Larry Weaner and Ian Caton

FAQ

  • Recording: Will this course be recorded for me to view later? Do I have to attend the live session in order to access the recording?

    The entire course will be recorded and available (not downloadable) to all registrants after the live session ends for three (3) months. If you are registered, you do not need to attend the live session in order to access the recording.

  • Recording: Can I purchase only the recording later?

    You can register for 3 months past the live session date, and access the materials - including the recording - until that point.

  • Continuing Education Units (CEUs): Can I get CEUs for taking this course?

    This course has been approved for 3 CEUs for the following organizations: APLD, LA CES, NOFA, & SER.

  • Continuing Education Units (CEUs): How do I receive the CEUs?

    Please ensure that your Portal profile indicates the type of CEUs you're seeking. If you make any changes to the CEU field of your profile, please email [email protected] to let us know. || As this is considered a live course, those seeking LA CES CEUs must watch the session and complete the quiz on the Portal by *two weeks* after the live session date. You will then receive an email with your completion certificate within 3-4 weeks. || For APLD & NOFA CEUs, please self-report to those organizations using your registration confirmation email. || For SER CEUs your name will be submitted.

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Register by 3 months after the live session date.

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