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SUMMARY:Pesticide Recertification Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, February 13 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for a Pesticide Applicator Recertification Day as part of our 2026 Winter Symposium & CVNLA Short Course. Recertification will be provided in commercial categories (provisional) 3A\, 3B\, 10 and 60. Please note that this program is not approved for Category 8. \nFee: $80 \nPesticide Recertification Day ticket includes lunch and all-day hot beverage service. In-person attendance is required for Pesticide Recertification.
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/pesticide-recertification-day/
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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SUMMARY:Winter Symposium and CVNLA Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Growing Wellness: Plants\, People and a Thriving Planet \nExplore how gardens—from intimate personal spaces to expansive public landscapes—can heal individuals\, strengthen communities\, and support a healthier planet.  Learn how thoughtful design\, inclusive access\, sustainable plant choices\, and a willingness to embrace imperfection all contribute to resilient landscapes and resilient people.  Gardeners have the profound power to become catalysts for wellness\, connection and ecological restoration through our approach to planting\, design and the creation of shared greenspaces. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, February 11 and Thursday\, February 12 to hear from regional and international experts including Juliet Sargeant (Juliet Sargeant Gardens and Landscapes)\, Hoichi and Michi Kurisu (Kurisu\, LLC)\, Daria McKelvey (Missouri Botanical Garden)\, Shelly Barrick Parsons (Capital Trees)\, Natalie Carmolli (Proven Winners® ColorChoice®)\, Dr. Glynn Percival (Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory)\, Becca Amos (WHOA Behavioral Health)\, Lea Purdy (Resource Environmental Solutions)\, Preston Montague and more. \nIn-Person Tickets: \n$100/day or $180 for a 2-day ticket. \nIn-person tickets include a light breakfast\, lunch\, afternoon snack\, and all-day hot beverage service. \nVirtual Tickets: \n$55/day or $100 for a 2-day ticket. \nVirtual tickets include access to recorded presentations for a limited time.
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/winter-symposium-cvnla/
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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SUMMARY:In-Person Winter Symposium and CVNLA Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Growing Wellness: Plants\, People and a Thriving Planet \nExplore how gardens—from intimate personal spaces to expansive public landscapes—can heal individuals\, strengthen communities\, and support a healthier planet.  Learn how thoughtful design\, inclusive access\, sustainable plant choices\, and a willingness to embrace imperfection all contribute to resilient landscapes and resilient people.  Gardeners have the profound power to become catalysts for wellness\, connection and ecological restoration through our approach to planting\, design and the creation of shared greenspaces. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, February 11 and Thursday\, February 12 to hear from regional and international experts including Juliet Sargeant (Juliet Sargeant Gardens and Landscapes)\, Hoichi and Michi Kurisu (Kurisu\, LLC)\, Daria McKelvey (Missouri Botanical Garden)\, Shelly Barrick Parsons (Capital Trees)\, Natalie Carmolli (Proven Winners® ColorChoice®)\, Dr. Glynn Percival (Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory)\, Becca Amos (WHOA Behavioral Health)\, Lea Purdy (Resource Environmental Solutions)\, Preston Montague and more. \nIn-person tickets include light breakfast\, lunch\, afternoon snack and all-day hot beverage service.  
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/winter-symposium-and-cvnla-short-course-in-person/
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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SUMMARY:Pollinator Power Symposium
DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT: Due to ongoing power outages\, the Garden is closed and the in person portion of this program is CANCELLED. In person registrants will receive a link to the virtual portions of today’s program and we will refund the difference between the in person and online registration.  See the revised agenda\, below.  \n  \nPollinators play a crucial role in ecological survival. Neither humans nor earth’s terrestrial ecosystems could survive without them. Nearly 80% of the 1\,400 crop plants grown around the world – those that produce all of our food and industrial products –require pollination\, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). \nJoin us for a day of learning about our native pollinators and how to support them with strategies for your home garden. In the morning\, learn about three indicator species–species that indicate the health of an environment. After lunch (included with in person registration) engage in breakout sessions on resources available locally\, then finish with a bringing-it-all back home final keynote. \nThis is a hybrid program.\nPresentations and participation are in person or online via Zoom. \nVirtual Ticket: $30 (includes all virtual talks) \nCEUS \nChesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals\nOnline: 3 CEUs \nCertified Virginia Horticulturists\nOnline: 3 CEUs \nISA\nOnline only: 1 each: Certified Arborist\, Municipal Specialist\, BCMA Management\, Climber Specialist\, Aerial Lift Specialist \nMaster Gardeners and Master Naturalists\nOnline: 4 hours\, self-report \n 
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/pollinator-power-symposium/
LOCATION:1800 Lakeside Avenue\, Richmond\, VA\, 23228\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Symposia
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SUMMARY:Humans in the Landscape: Heal the Land\, Heal Ourselves
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 are reinforcing for all what psychologists and environmental advocates have long stated: being outside is quite literally healing. Many have turned to the natural environment seeking spiritual and physical restoration. \nAs people continue to seek solace in outdoor environments\, from public to private to accidental spaces\, we have learned that the landscape is healing us\, and are learning to appreciate how it\, in return\, needs to be healed. We are beginning to understand that interaction with the landscape is molded by our own cultures\, diversity and origins. \nIn 2021\, the Landscape Symposium explores the complexity of our interactions with the natural world: as much as we need it\, it needs our care and attention. We’ve invited three practitioners\, researchers and thinkers who are deeply engaged in how urban space is accessed and made central to humans to explore this complex relationship and begin a conversation that will resonate at many different levels and tones. \nIn-Person Ticket: $30 pp includes breaks and lunch \nVirtual Ticket: $30 pp includes live virtual webinar and ability to access the recording for a limited time after the event
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/humans-in-the-landscape-heal-the-land-heal-ourselves/
LOCATION:1800 Lakeside Avenue\, Richmond\, VA\, 23228\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Tree Care Symposium: The New Normal
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 19\, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.\nWednesday\, October 21\, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m.\nIn this virtual tree care symposium speakers consider the significance of urban forests and their importance to community viability\, including their role in mitigating climate change through heat island reduction and stormwater management. Species selection\, common diseases and maintenance pruning are examined. \nFees:  \nMonday\, October 19: $20 \nWednesday\, October 21: $20 \nCombo Ticket – Monday/Wednesday: $35 \nThis is an online symposium via Zoom.  Continuing education ISA units are approved as noted below.  Virginia Certified Horticulturists can self-report 1 CEU per hour of instruction. Tree Stewards\, Master Gardeners\, Master Naturalists: can self-report up to five hours of instruction. Scroll down for the detailed schedule.
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/new-normal-tree-care/
LOCATION:1800 Lakeside Avenue\, Richmond\, VA\, 23228\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T083000
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SUMMARY:Tree Care Symposium: The New Normal
DESCRIPTION:This event is now canceled. \nJoin scientists and experts in current issues affecting plant health. Confirmed speakers: \nDr. Eric Wiseman\, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation\, Virginia Tech \nKaren Firehock\, University of Virginia Green Infrastructure Institute and Department of Landscape Architecture \n Christine Balk\, Davey Tree Expert Company \nSheri Shannon\, Southside Releaf \nFee: $80 includes morning continental breakfast and lunch. \nContinuing education units pending for: MAC-ISA\, LA-CES\, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals\, Nutrient Managers\, Virginia Certified Horticulturists \nMaster gardeners and tree stewards self-report attendance
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/tree-care-symposium-practices-ensure-great-trees/
LOCATION:1800 Lakeside Avenue\, Richmond\, VA\, 23228\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190405T160000
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SUMMARY:Tree Care Symposium: Getting to Great Trees
DESCRIPTION:Tree populations are being affected by changing climates and conditions. This year\, we look at how climate is affecting long-range planning for forest management\, review the biomechanics of trees in this environment\, and consider the fundamentals of soils for successful trees as well as changes in insect behavior. \nView the complete schedule here (PDF) \nFee: $80 includes morning continental breakfast and lunch.
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/tree-care-symposium/
LOCATION:1800 Lakeside Avenue\, Richmond\, VA\, 23228\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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SUMMARY:Designing with Intentionality: The Charles F. Gillette Forum on Landscape Design
DESCRIPTION:In this year’s Gillette Forum\, we gather to discuss our growing and altered understanding of how to shape the land to honor natural processes\, to create meaningful places that are healthy for humans and the natural world.  We act with intentionality to embrace and explore solutions to contemporary and social issues. \nLandscape architects and designers now see that actions once considered separate and apart from natural processes are anything but. The contemporary act of design gathers the multiple threads of diversity and applies process and creativity to make meaningful places. \nView the full agenda \n$85 per person includes continental breakfast and lunch.
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/gilletteforum/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Symposia
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SUMMARY:Tree Care Symposium: Practices to Ensure Great Trees
DESCRIPTION:In this Tree Care Symposium\, we look at how tree populations are changing and consider approaches to selecting species adaptable to climate change.  We also examine practices for moving and planting trees effectively and review diagnostic practices. \nFee: $80 includes morning continental breakfast and lunch. \nRevised schedule equals 4 contact hours; revised CEUs in progress from MAC-ISA and LACES
URL:https://www.lewisginter.org/event/tree-care-symposium-getting-big-trees-practices-life-stages/
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