Sustainable Landscaping

Events

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Upcoming Events

October 24:
Lawn care project advisory team meeting

Past Events

August 2007:
Focus area members partnered with the Northeast IPM Center and Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Program to organize the present at the first Green-Blue Summit on residential pest management, nutrients, and water quality. People from across the Northeast attended the Summit. As a result, the Northeast IPM Center released an RFA for projects focused on educating residents in the Northeast on how using IPM in residential structures and landscapes can affect water quality. The summit released a listing of comments and suggestions external link on what the focus issues should be.

June 6-8, 2006
Northeast Regional Master Gardener Conference and Marketplace external link
Event Summary
Newport, RI

June 6-8, 2006
URI CE GIS Training Program: Cartography with ArcGIS
Kingston, RI

March 3-4, 2006
Ecological Landscaping Association's external link2006 Winter Conference and Eco-Marketplace: An In-Depth Look at Ecological Management; Marlborough, Massachusetts.

August 12, 2006:
Conservation Grazing Workshop: Coventry, CT
The program discussed the use of sheep, goats and other livestock to control certain invasive species. The Program was co-sponsored by the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group, www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg.