2021 NDAL Annual Symposium
Registration is now OPEN for the Virtual 32nd Annual Ecological Landscape Symposium…
Guiding Theory into Reality:
It Don’t Mean a Thing if the Landscape Don’t Sing
The 2021 Ecological Landscape Design Symposium, going virtual this year, will explore how ecology, culture, and design can be incorporated into real-world contemporary practice. This program is geared toward landscape practitioners in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US.
January 21 & 22, 2021 | 1 – 4:30 PM EST*
January 28 & 29, 2021 | 9 AM – 12:30 PM EST*
*All four dates are distinct programs with different speakers – register for full bundle or individual days
Incorporating science into landscape design is of little use if the resulting plantings are not harmonious to the people who engage with them, and are not in tune with the animals that depend on them. In this virtual symposium we will explore how scientific research can lead to tangible approaches for a new landscape tradition, one where ecological, anthropological, and sociological considerations expand the scope of landscape design.
2021 Annual Symposium Brochure
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CEUs: APLD, ASLA-LACES, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, ISA, NOFA, PNLA, SER
CEU Summary Sheet
Cosponsored by:
New Directions in the American Landscape
Morris Arboretum of the University of PA
Connecticut College Arboretum
Click here for information about our 2021 Symposium Scholarships!
“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!”
Information from our 31st Annual Symposium (2020):
View the Symposium brochure
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
2020 Symposium attendees and Symposium speaker Michael Gaige 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.”