Native Plant Landscape Design Class

This class is presented by Pamela Callender, an Eco Artist who designs native plant landscapes for commercial and home properties. In this landscape design course, she will share her artistic process that anyone can follow. Yes, everyone is an artist, and no straight lines are necessary. You can build a butterfly garden, learn how to attract birds in your yard, and/or create a full, new look for your property from start to finish.

The course will cover how to determine the wants, needs, and affordability of your landscape project, plant communities, installation and maintenance, and breaking myths about plants and design. These topics are accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation and free literature with a research bibliography. Attendees should bring a pad of paper and a pencil.

The class will take place indoors in an air-conditioned classroom and include a short walk around Bay Preserve, with a 30-minute break for lunch or a snack. Light refreshments will be provided, but participants may wish to provide their own lunch.

This program is suitable for adults and teens. This is a lecture-style program that may not be suitable for small children.

A $5 dollar donation per person is suggested for this program. Your gift will help us save wild places and continue to engage people in nature. We greatly appreciate your support!

About the Instructor

Pamela Callender is an artist, Florida native plant specialist, and educator with roots in Sarasota since 1972. Her artistic career has evolved from dance to Eco Art with a concentration on wildlife habitat restoration. She is an adjunct professor of Eco Art History at Eckerd College and a 2019 recipient of the John Ringling Towers Grant, earning a Fellowship with The Hermitage in Englewood, FL. Pamela completed a Visual Arts degree from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and a Master of Fine Art in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.

Host or Publisher Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast