Designing Plant Communities

All-Day Workshop with Claudia West

Join us as we dig deeper into the art and science of successful planting design. This interactive all-day workshop teaches an alternative to traditional planting and will take the mystery out of good plant combinations. You will learn how to create beautiful and lasting plant communities for modern landscape needs. Several hands-on design exercises will give you the opportunity to refine newly acquired planting design and management skills so you can successfully apply them to upcoming projects.

 Learning objectives:

• *  Understand scientific foundation of stable plant communities & learn how species fill ecological & spatial niches in successful planting;
• *  Learn how to translate the principles of wild plant communities into designed planting, visualize complex planting schemes, and prepare installation guides for landscape crews;
• *  Discuss adaptive management strategies for designed plant communities based on common maintenance budgets and skill levels.

Audience: Landscape designers & installers, government and corporate landscape planners, experienced native plant gardeners.

Cost: $125/person (includes lunch)

Enrollment limited to 25 individuals

Registration Policy:  The number of attendees for this workshop is limited.  To give everyone the best opportunity to participate, there is a non-refundable cancellation fee of $10, with the balance refunded if you cancel at least 7 calendar days before the workshop will be held.  If the workshop is cancelled by the instructor or by Wild Ones, registrants will get a full refund.  

If you do not pay online, you will need to mail your check to Wild Ones-Tennessee Valley Chapter, 4918 Marlow Drive, Red Bank, TN 37415.  Please put the date of the program in the memo line as well as the last name of the person you are registering.  You will not be registered until your payment is received.