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Donna VanBuecken

Upcoming Native Plant Conferences

Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter Toward Harmony with Nature Conference attendees milling around Oshkosh Convention Center lobby and book sale table during a break. Plan to attend a native plant conference this year. It’s a great way to learn more about native landscaping and biodiversity.

As you know, my Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter holds their annual conference next weekend. Here is a list of some other native plant conferences coming up in 2019:

    • Saturday, January 19, 2019 23rd Annual Toward Harmony with Nature Conference “The Value of Ecological Restoration.” Oshkosh Convention Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin LAST DAY TO REGISTER January 13th. For additional information, visit Toward Harmony with Nature.
    • Saturday, February 16, 2019 18th Annual Wild Ones Minnesota Design with Nature Conference “Healing & Restoring Our Relationship with Nature” University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota. For additional information visit Design with Nature.
    • Saturday, February 16, 2019  The Naturally Beautiful Garden Conference 2019   Triton College Sustainability Center, River Grove, Illinois. For additional information visit Naturally Beautiful Garden Conference.
    • Wednesday thru Thursday, March 6 -7, 2019  ELA Conference & Eco-Marketplace!  “Sustaining the Living Landscape” University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Murray D Lincoln Campus Center, Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information, visit ELA 2019 Conference. (ELA is short for Ecological Landscape Alliance)
    • Tuesday, March 12, 2019  Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium 2019  Cinemapolis Theater, Ithaca, New York.  For additional information, visit Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea). Note Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) toward bottom of photo.
Two of the best native plants to use in natural landscaping are the Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) and Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata). They along with all native plants attract many pollinators such as this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Native plant conferences are a great way to learn more about native landscaping.
    • Thursday thru Sunday, May 16-19, 2019  Florida Native Plant Society 39th Annual Conference “Transitions” Plantation on Crystal River, Crystal River, Florida. For more information, visit Florida 39th Natives Conference.
    • Wednesday thru Saturday, June 5-8, 2019  Native Plants in the Landscape Conference  Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit Native Plants Conference.
    • Wednesday thru Saturday, July 17-20, 2019  The Cullowhee Native Plant Conference  Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina. For more information, visit Cullowhee Native Plants.
    • Friday thru Sunday, July 26-28, 2019  11th Annual Midwest Native Plant Conference Bergamo Center, Dayton, Ohio. For additional information, visit Midwest Native Plants.
    • Thursday and Friday, December 5-6, 2019  Turning a New Leaf Conference 2019  Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit Turning A New Leaf.

If you have a conference you’d like to add to this list, e-mail the details.

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