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Fall 2009 Public Lecture Series

Randall ArendtRandall Arendt, the country's leading authority on conservation design, presented a free public lecture on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Conservation by Design: A Practical Strategy for Preserving Town-wide Open Space Networks covered practical techniques that enable developers and local officials to work together to accomplish their different objectives in a way that helps preserve natural assets and rural character.

Spring 2009 Public Lecture Series

Will Raap receives honorary degree, gives public talk

Ecological, social, economic, and business visionary Will Raap spoke on Monday, May 18 at the Conway Town Hall, about Ecological Intelligence, the new guiding prWill Raapinciple for sustainable land use and economic development.

Raap, founder of Gardener's Supply and Intervale Center, in Burlington, Vermont, also works extensively in Costa Rica, where he is involved in a number of sustainable development and reforestation projects.

Ann Turner Whitman '88, staff horticulturalist at Gardener's Supply, shared her thoughts about Will in the Spring 2009 issue of Con'text. See "Will Raap, Business, Ecological, Economic, and Social Visionary."

 

Fall 2008 Public Lecture Series

Co-sponsored by The New England Wild Flower Society

  • Tom Benjamin, Senior Landscape Architect, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.: Fundamentals of Ecological Planting Design
  • Scott LaFleur, Director of Horticulture, New England Wild Flower Society and Garden in the Woods: Rain Gardens: Helping nature and having fun
  • Darrel Morrison, Master Teacher, Conway School of Landscape Design; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University: Landscape Design: Where art and nature meet
  • Elizabeth Farnsworth, Master Teacher, Conway School of Landscape Design: Understanding Plant Preferences: How plants adapt in the wild and in our gardens

Spring 2008 Public Lecture

Co-sponsored by Highlands Communities Initiative of the Trustees of Reservations

  • Randall Arendt, Senior Conservation Advisor, Natural Lands Trust: Conservation by Design: A practical strategy for preserving town-wide open space networks

Fall 2007 Public Lecture Series

Co-sponsored by The New England Wild Flower Society

  • Larry Weaner, Founder, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates: Breaking the Rules: Creating natural landscapes in the real world
  • Joan Iverson Nassauer, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment: Cues to Care: Thoughtful ways to design and present messy ecosystems
  • Dale Hendricks, Founder, North Creek Nurseries, Inc.: Native Plants for Sustainable Landscapes