New Directions in the American Landscape
UPDATE: NDAL’s 2021 Annual Symposium will be in webinar form.
Normally held every January in the Philadelphia area and New London, CT, NDAL’s 32nd Annual Symposium will be moved online due to COVID precautions. While we are deeply disappointed that we will not be able to meet with everyone in person – to see many familiar faces as well as new ones – we are grateful to be able to present our Symposium via live webinar sessions.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for finalized Symposium webinar dates, which will be around late January – early February of 2021!
“The NDAL Conference continues to be the highlight of my winter – it’s the tangible beginning of the landscape season charging us with enthusiasm and expanding the breadth of our knowledge base!“
– 2020 Annual Symposium attendee
Information from our 31st Annual Symposium:
CEUs available for landscape architects, landscape designers, arborists, horticulturists, and ecological restoration practitioners.
View the PA Symposium CEU Summary Sheet (updated 12/4/19)
View the CT Symposium CEU Summary Sheet (updated 12/5/19)
Student/Emerging Professional Scholarship:
Darrell Morrison Scholarship – PA location
Glenn Dreyer Scholarship – CT location
Stay tuned for information about our 2021 Symposium scholarships!
2020 Symposium attendees in Bryn Mawr, PA at the reception after Day 1 programming.
2020 Speaker Lineup
Stephen Enloe (CT Symposium only)
Associate Professor
Agronomy Department and Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida
Jason Ferrell (PA Symposium only)
Professor & Director
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida
Jesse Forrester
Landscape Architect
Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects
Michael Gaige
Independent Consulting Ecologist
Grace Herman
Landscape Architect
Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects
Abra Lee
2019-2020 Longwood Fellow
Owner, Conquer the Soil
William Bryant Logan
Founder & President
Urban Arborists, Inc.
Matt Partain
Grounds Superintendent
Glenstone Museum
Anne Lacouture Penniman
Founder, President, & Principal Landscape Architect
Anne Penniman Associates
Michael Piantedosi
Director of Conservation
Native Plant Trust
Przemek Walczak
Horticulturist
Chanticleer
Larry Weaner
Founder & Principal
Larry Weaner Landscape Associates & New Directions in the American Landscape
Click here for highlights from our 30th Annual Symposium in January 2019.
“I wouldn’t change a thing. The scope and knowledge of the speakers was impressive.”
– 2020 Annual Symposium Attendee