Village Nurseries introduced a new focus for this year’s Horticultural Encounter Series: Plants With a Purpose. The goal of this series is to introduce landscape professionals to plant material and applications that go beyond beautifying the environment to serving greater purposes, from therapeutic gardens and pollinator habitats, to edible landscapes and plants for cut flowers and foliage.
Landscape professionals will be able to tour through several plant vignettes showcasing plants best suited for today’s landscape situations:
- Therapeutic in Nature: plants promoting health and happiness
- Perfect Pairings: plants bringing out the best in each other
- Edible Excellence: edible plants for the landscape
- Partners in Pollination: natural habitat for bees, birds, and other living things
- Blaze Battlers: fire resistant plants
- Nice and Natural Defense: deer and rabbit resistant plants
Guest speaker series
June 22, 2018 2:00PM – 3:00PM: Mark Epstein, Principal, Hafs Epstein Landscape Architecture
The field of horticultural therapy is on the rise, and Mark Epstein brings over 20 years of experience in the field of designing therapeutic landscapes to explain the precedence of therapeutic gardens, design approach and process for effective participatory design of healthcare gardens.
June 22, 2018 3:00PM – 4:00PM: Teresia Hazen, M.Ed., HTR, QMHP, Legacy Health System
A recognized leader in the field of horticultural therapy, Teresia Hazen will discuss the health benefits of therapeutic gardens and the plants that create healthier communities. Her presentation will include numerous resources for landscape professionals to implement therapeutic landscape design into their work.
RSVPs for the Guest Speaker Series are appreciated to ensure ample seating and food. To make a reservation, contact Leigh Schaffer at (714) 279-3114 or email vevents@villagenurseries.com. Future encounters will be held September 10-21 at Village Nurseries Orange and October 22-26 at Village Nurseries Sacramento.