Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference
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PROMOTING THE INCLUSION OF NATIVE PLANTS IN COLORADO LANDSCAPING
Main Location: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Regional Satellite: CSU Extension, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2027 Conference Agenda
Keynote: Kristen Wickert, PhD
Track 1: Rooted in Ecology (Zoom In)
Ecological Literacy and Applied Design
Focus: Deepening ecological understanding, recognizing species relationships, and putting native plant principles into practical landscape design.
1. One Native Plant, Many Relationships: Learning to Read Ecology Through a Sunflower with Efraín Leal Escalera
Focus: Ecological connections, plant-pollinator/animal relationships, and reading the broader ecosystem starting with a single native species.
2. Native Bee Watch Introduction with Julia Lankisch
Focus: Pollinator identification (bees vs. wasps/flies), bee morphospecies, and improving native landscaping practices to actively support bee diversity.
3. Designing Wildfire Resilient Landscapes with Colorado Native Plants with Abby Silver and Sheila Prentice
Focus: Practical, climate-aware landscape design using native plants to create defensible, fire-resilient spaces.
Track 2: Growing the Network (Zoom Out)
Systems, Supply, and Community Action
Focus: Building the infrastructure, networks, and community-driven programs required to scale native plant adoption and stewardship.
1. Development of a Colorado Network for Native Plant Materials Production with Dr. Becky Hufft and team at Denver Botanic Gardens
Focus: Industry supply chain, grower/land manager networks, survey insights, and market demand solutions across Colorado.
2. From Surplus to Stewardship: Building a Community Native Seed Library from the Ground Up with Amanda Slover
Focus: Grassroots seed sharing, community engagement, seed saving, and local stewardship models.
3. ColoRADscape Certification Program: A RADical Idea for Growing Native Plant Landscapes from the Ground Up with the ColoRADscape Committee
Focus: Regional standards, certification, public education, and scaling native plant landscapes through structured programs
Endnote: Producer panel moderated by Glenda Mostek, Executive Director, CNGA
Main Location: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Regional Satellite: CSU Extension, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2027 Conference Agenda
Keynote: Kristen Wickert, PhD
Track 1: Rooted in Ecology (Zoom In)
Ecological Literacy and Applied Design
Focus: Deepening ecological understanding, recognizing species relationships, and putting native plant principles into practical landscape design.
1. One Native Plant, Many Relationships: Learning to Read Ecology Through a Sunflower with Efraín Leal Escalera
Focus: Ecological connections, plant-pollinator/animal relationships, and reading the broader ecosystem starting with a single native species.
2. Native Bee Watch Introduction with Julia Lankisch
Focus: Pollinator identification (bees vs. wasps/flies), bee morphospecies, and improving native landscaping practices to actively support bee diversity.
3. Designing Wildfire Resilient Landscapes with Colorado Native Plants with Abby Silver and Sheila Prentice
Focus: Practical, climate-aware landscape design using native plants to create defensible, fire-resilient spaces.
Track 2: Growing the Network (Zoom Out)
Systems, Supply, and Community Action
Focus: Building the infrastructure, networks, and community-driven programs required to scale native plant adoption and stewardship.
1. Development of a Colorado Network for Native Plant Materials Production with Dr. Becky Hufft and team at Denver Botanic Gardens
Focus: Industry supply chain, grower/land manager networks, survey insights, and market demand solutions across Colorado.
2. From Surplus to Stewardship: Building a Community Native Seed Library from the Ground Up with Amanda Slover
Focus: Grassroots seed sharing, community engagement, seed saving, and local stewardship models.
3. ColoRADscape Certification Program: A RADical Idea for Growing Native Plant Landscapes from the Ground Up with the ColoRADscape Committee
Focus: Regional standards, certification, public education, and scaling native plant landscapes through structured programs
Endnote: Producer panel moderated by Glenda Mostek, Executive Director, CNGA
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