Sustainability Symposium 2010

Sustainability Symposium 2010
Saturday, February 6 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Members: $90; Non-members: $99
Online registration is now closed please call (216) 721-1600 ext 100 for more information or to register.

Now in its fifth year, Cleveland Botanical Garden’s day-long Sustainability Symposium has become one of our area’s most significant sustainability events. Full of useful information for home gardeners and conservationists of all stripes, the symposium’s compelling premise is that a passion for good gardening goes hand-in-hand with sound ecological choices.

Each year, the symposium features a nationally renowned expert. In 2010, we’re thrilled to host Joe Lamp’l, the nationally known sustainable gardening expert and host of PBS television’s GardenSMART. “Ironically,” Lamp’l says, “gardeners and weekend warriors often create beautiful gardens that waste water, use chemicals that run off into waterways, remove beneficial insects and emit greenhouse gasses into the air.” In his keynote address, Lamp’l will present his “seven significant concepts” that can make our gardens and communities greener while protecting the planet. He will discuss ideas presented in his latest book, The Green Gardener’s Guide: Simple, Significant Actions to Protect & Preserve our Planet.

You’ll also receive valuable insights from other experts that you can take home and put to work in your own backyard.

You will learn:

• How to make your garden and community greener while protecting natural resources
• How to combine horticulture with principles of sustainability — and how to lead a more eco-friendly life
• How to increase your growing power, even on a small scale

Who should attend?:

• Home gardeners
• Landscape designers
• Conservationists
• Teachers and students
• Horticulturists
• Community gardeners and planners
• New homeowners

You will also enjoy:

• A variety of exhibitors
• A delightful vegetarian lunch
•  Free parking
•  Raffle prizes
•  Networking with like-minded folks

Keynote Speaker:

Joe Lamp'l, Host of PBS Television's GardenSMART
Greening Your Garden While Protecting the Planet
This presentation is based on Joe’s popular book, "The Green Gardener’s Guide; Simple Significant Actions to Protect and Preserve our Planet". Gardeners enjoy a connection with the earth unlike anyone else. Ironically, as we create and maintain beautiful gardens and landscapes, many unknowingly are doing so in a way that is harmful to our environment. Joe will entertain and stimulate your thinking in new ways as he shares seven significant concepts we all can do right now to make our gardens and community 'greener' while protecting the planet too.

 Featured Speakers:

David Beach, Director, GreenCityBlueLake Institute The Climate is Already Changing: Adapting Your Garden Hear a summary of current climate changes (in Ohio, for example, there are changes in the growing seasons, initial budbursts, and insect migration northward), what we can expect in the future as climate change continues (more severe weather patterns and extremes), and what we, as gardeners, can do.

Victoria Mills, Executive Director, Doan Brook Watershed Partnership Backyard Stewardship Learn why backyard sustainability requires a variety of solutions and stewardship practices to restore diversecommunities across metropolitan Cleveland. Take a virtual tour of the community-based innovations that are improving landscapes and lives

Brad Masi, Executive Director, The New Agrarian Center Permaculture Basics The New Agrarian Center in Oberlin is a nonprofit organization focused on growing a sustainable local food system in Northeast Ohio. Brad presents examples of permaculture — the concept of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems — in our area and describes how your own yard can become a permaculture haven.

Charles Behnke, Retired, OSU Extension Service Making Your Soil Work For You: There’s More To It Than You Think Learn about the soil components vitally important to plant health and how to ensure vigorous plants from the roots up.

Shawn Belt, Green Corps Farm Supervisor, Cleveland Botanical Garden Starting From Seed: Sustainability Begins With Your Wallet Explore the hows and whys of starting plants from seed. Belt, who manages five urban farms for the Garden’s Green Corps program, explains how you can save money while growing healthier, stronger varieties of plants.

PNC is a proud sponsor of the 2010 Sustainability Symposium.

The Garden’s Annual Sustainability Symposium is presented in partnership with the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s GreenCityBlueLake Institute. Reserve your space today to learn from today’s top experts.

Attention Landscape Certified Industry Professionals – please inquire about PLANET recertification CEUs available for attending this symposium.