February 18, 2023 @ 9:00 am
| Get Ready for Spring with NPSOT’s NLCP Level 2 Class – “Landscape Design with Native Plants” |
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| Photo Credit: Deedy Wright Start your 2023 Garden in Style with “Landscape Design with Native Plants” – A Live NLCP Class Via Zoom Houston Area Level 2 Class from the NPSOT Native Landscaping Certification Program (NLCP) – Landscape Design with Native Plants – is here to help you get your native garden in shape for the 2023 growing season. This class is being held live via Zoom Meeting on February 18th 9 am to 4 pm. In this class, you will learn to create landscape designs incorporating native plants, and understand ecological considerations important to landscape design, specifically: Identify cultural considerations impacting landscape design Learn steps to the design process Practice the design process during an intensive in-class exercise in Zoom breakout rooms with an experienced instructor Become familiar with 45 new native Texas plants recommended for your landscape and 5 plants to avoid For this class, we’ve chosen to feature an urban setting – Russ Pitman Park in Bellaire, TX. This location offers good examples of native plants that can be used to implement a native plant design plan that includes the four habitat zones in the park. Many of the native plants featured in this class can be found at Russ Pitman Park that includes deciduous woodlands, wetland prairie, cypress pond, and pocket prairie habitats. Plants signs will be placed next to Level 2 plants around the park to facilitate a self-guided tour, if want to see the plants yourself in the natural setting. We will also be using Zoom Meeting Breakout Rooms for a special landscape design exercise with the Level 2 students. These online rooms allow us to break-up our class into smaller groups each with its own instructor. In this design exercise you will be guided through an actual hands-on landscape design using the steps given in the classroom lecture. IMPORTANT: Plan now, additional supplies you must have with you during the class design exercise are: Printout of base plan – provided in PDF after registration 4 sheets of tracing paper Finepoint black sharpie or magic marker Green, blue, brown, red, and yellow markers, colored pencils or crayons Tape or clips to secure the tracing paper sheets to your base plan Registration for the February 18th class is on a first-come, first-served basis. We expect to reach full capacity as our Level 2 class last Fall was a sell out. So, register soon, the online registration opened on February 1. Click here for more information and registration. NOTE: The prerequisite for taking the Level 2 class is to have taken the introductory Level 1 NLCP class. |
