Designing Green Conference

Sustainability: Learning Bridges to Designing and Applying

The Association of Professional Landscape Designers

Ohio Chapter presents the 2013 Designing Green Conference, Sustainability: Learning Bridges to Designing and Applying, Wednesday, March 27 at The Holden Arboretum Visitor Center, Kirtland, Ohio.

Based on the Sustainable Sites Initiatives guidelines and the philosophies of APLD, this conference will introduce you to the benefits of sustainable practices. Knowledge you can apply this spring to your business and home. With native plants, storm water management, changing ordinances and sustainable practices now mainstream, this conference will broaden your knowledge and your sales approach for landscapes and habitats of the future.

Program cost: $45  

Registration for is conference is now closed.

2.5 ISA CEU credits and 4.0 APLD CEU credits available

8:15-9am Registration and continental breakfast

9-9:30am The Color of the Year is Green! Design Trends for 2013           

A presentation of color, texture, native landscapes, eco-friendly materials and sources for landscape design of the future.

Carol Palansky, APLD Ohio Chapter president, landscape designer/arborist/artist for Nature's Way Inc

9:30 – 10:15pm Common Sense, Earth Friendly Gardening

Using some of the basic tenants of the Sustainable Sites Initiative, discover how we can use these principles to create healthier landscapes, large and small. This talk will be targeted toward landscape professionals & designers but the home gardener will certainly find the information beneficial.

Kathy Hanratty, landscape designer, owner of Enviroscapes Design, Chardon, Ohio

10:15 – 10:30pm  Break

10:30 – 11pm  Unexpected Edibles

Take a look at landscape plants you may already by using as well as some that might be unexpected & cash in on their value as edibles in the landscape. With the popularity of growing your own fruits and vegetables this talk will open up many new possibilities.

Bill Hendricks, Klyn Nurseries, Perry, Ohio

11 -11:30pm New Developments at The Holden Arboretum

Clem Hamilton, CEO and president of The Holden Arboretum, will touch upon the new and exciting elements taking shape through our strategic plan.

11:30 – 12:30pm Meet and Greet, Vendors Showcase and Lunch

 A great opportunity to meet and network with other attendees and vendors. Attendees will be able to mingle while enjoying a delicious “green boxed” lunch provided by Food For Thought caterers.

12:30 – 1:15pm Tour the new Rhododendron Discovery Garden

Brian Parsons, director of planning and special projects at Holden, will tour us through the first new garden in Holden's New Leaf Master Plan. Learn how the new garden was constructed, the design process used, and how this new visitor destination is a model for the rest of Holden's New Leaf Master Plan.  

1:15 -2pm Beyond Rain Garden Design

A rain garden can help prevent problems associated with storm water runoff and water pollution by capturing and treating runoff close to its source. Appropriate design, placement, and sizing is critical in ensuring these gardens function to the best of their ability. Ann Rzepka, horticulturist for The Holden Arboretum, will discuss the benefits of rain gardens and how to properly install these bioretention gardens utilizing standards set by the ODNR's Ohio Rain Water and Land Development Manual.

2 -2:15 Break

2:15 – 2:50pm Shade Gardening using Native Woodland Plants

Spring ephemerals, persistent wildflowers, evergreen wildflowers, and shrubs all play an important role in designing gardens to create year-round interest. Emphasis will be placed upon specific plants that have desirable characteristics that make them crowd pleasers such as tolerance of poorly drained soils, and deer resistance.

Garrett Ormiston, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

2:50 – 3:30pm Innovative Native Plants for The Landscape Design Whether you do formal gardens or casual landscapes, there are native plants that work for you. Broaden your plant pallet with a look at native woody plants and perennials and how to apply them to your landscape plan.

Bill Hendricks, Klyn Nurseries, Perry, Ohio