[PAEE] 7th Annual Land Ethics Symposium

[Hildy Ellis]

7th ANNUAL LAND ETHICS SYMPOSIUM:

CREATIVE APPROACHES FOR ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPING

 

DATE: Thursday, February 15, 2007

TIME: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm           

SPONSOR: Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania

CO-SPONSORS: Solebury Township, County of Bucks Office of the Commissioners,
Andropogon Associates, PA/DE Chapter of American Society of Landscape
Architects

LOCATION: Sheraton Bucks County Hotel, Langhorne, Pennsylvania

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Landscape architects, designers, contractors and other
members of the landscape/horticulture industry; public and private
landowners; land planners, managers and developers; environmental
consultants; state and municipal officials; students. 

FEE: $95, fulltime students $65; includes continental breakfast, refreshment
break, lunch

Pre-registration with payment required by February 5, 2007.

 

BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE presents its 7th Annual Land Ethics
Symposium: Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping on Thursday,
February 15, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Symposium will be held at
the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, convenient to I-95
and US-1. This event is co-sponsored by Solebury Township, County of Bucks
Office of the Commissioners, Andropogon Associates and the PA/DE Chapter of
American Society of Landscape Architects. 

The Symposium focuses on ways to create economical and ecologically balanced
landscapes using native plants and restoration techniques. It is geared
towards landscape architects, designers, contractors and other members of
the landscape/horticulture industry, environmental consultants, public and
private landowners, land planners, managers and developers, state and
municipal officials, and students. 

  

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

* Keith Bowers, RLA, Founder/President of Biohabitats, Inc., "Conservation
Design, Best Development Practices"

* S. Edgar David, MLA, RLA; Principal of S. Edgar David and Associates,
"Integrating Nature, Culture and Art"

* Jeffrey Featherstone, Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities,
Temple University Ambler, "Stormwater Management from a Watershed
Perspective"

* Roger Latham, Ecologist, Conservation Biologist and Environmental Planner,
"Native Grasslands and Meadows in Pennsylvania: Their History and Current
Condition" 

* Edmund C. Snodgrass, President of Emory Knoll Farms Inc. and Green Roof
Plants, "Green Roofs as Living Machines"

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS available as follows:

* Pennsylvania State Board of Landscape Architects - 5 CEUs

* New Jersey Landscape Architect Evaluation & Examination Committee - 5 CEUs


* Association of Professional Landscape Designers - 5 CEUs

* Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association, Pennsylvania Certified
Horticulturist (PCH) & Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) - 1 credit each

* New Jersey Nursery & Landscape Association, Certified Nursery & Landscape
Professionals (CNLP) Points: plants-2; design-2; management-1 

 

Attendees will have opportunities to develop contacts, share resources and
purchase a selection of topical books. The Symposium fee is $95; fulltime
student fee is $65 (includes continental breakfast, refreshment break,
lunch). Pre-registration with payment is required by February 5. 

 

TO RECEIVE A BROCHURE, VISIT www.bhwp.org <http://www.bhwp.org/> , EMAIL
Hildy Ellis (ellis at bhwp.org), or CALL the Preserve (215) 862-2924,).

 

BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE

P.O. BOX 685 

NEW HOPE, PENNSYLVANIA 18938

(215)862-2924 * FAX (215)862-1846

www.bhwp.org <http://www.bhwp.org/>  * bhwp at bhwp.org

 

 

 

 

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