Native Plant Producers Society of Alberta

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2011 Workshops

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Naturally Beautiful

“Sustainable Landscaping: Gardeners in their Natural Habitat”
Creating bountiful and beautiful green spaces both at home and across the province!

     Our urban areas can be dynamic, healthy spaces full of pollinators, birds and flowers.  By shifting yard maintenance techniques, plant species and styles we can create eco-landscaping alternatives to conventional landscaping. Conventional landscaping and yard management minimizes natural biological diversity, has a huge environmental footprint, and requires a lot of work!

     We are providing a three-hour introductory course in eco-landscaping with native plants.  This course will give you the tools to view your yard as an ecosystem and to see yourself as part of that ecosystem.  You will then be given the practical skills required to use this understanding to establish vibrant communities of both native and non-native plants in your yard.  You will receive a copy of ‘Go Wild’ by Cherry Dodd as part of your course material.  This well illustrated book explains how to identify and grow native plants from the Edmonton area (a $15.00 value). 

     Your instructors are Bruce Bashforth, co-owner of Bedrock Seed Bank, Arinna Grittani, Landscape Architect Technician and owner of EarthLegacy Inc., and Markus Eymann, an experienced gardener, speaker and ecologist.  All three bring extensive knowledge and practical skills to support you in incorporating  “Nativescaping” principles in your yard!

Edmonton:
Tuesday May 3rd 6-9 pm - Strathcona Library, 8331 104 Street

 Registration fee is $55.00, including G.S.T.
Reduced rate for low income participants $30.00
To register please call Rose at 780 487-4595 or
email us nativescape@telus.net

Mundare:
Wednesday June 15th 6-9 pm - Mundare Seniors Centre - To register please contact Pamela 780 764-3927 or pamela@arsan.ca