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News & Events Thursday, February 21, 2013, 7:30 pm "Plant Communities in Landscape Design"Susan Abraham talks about the challenges and opportunities that plant communities offer the designer in crafting gardens to address our fragmented landscapes.
VNPS event hosted at Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VAhttp://www.vnps-pot.orgSaturday, October 20, 2012 "More Than Just Another Pretty Place"
Join Lea Wolf for an exploration of the power of plant combinations to help achieve ecological goals in landscape design.
Design Symposium: Nature's Inspiration. Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
Saturday, September 15, 2012 Let's Go Native!
Join Susan Abraham and Lea Wolf at the fall native plant sale held at Rust Nature Sanctuary in Leesburg, VA. Susan and Lea will give short talks at 10:30 am and 2 pm on 'Pollinator Plants and their Pleasures'. For more information please visit: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Event_Native_Plant_Sale_Fall.html
August 25, 2012 Garden Designers Round Table
Mary Gray interviews Susan Abraham on the subject of 'Designing with Native Plants'
http://blackwalnutdispatch.com/2012/08/27/garden-designers-roundtable-designing-with-native-plants/
Visit following for additional thoughts on the subject: http://gdrt.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/designing-with-native-plants/
Sunday, April 29, 9:00 a.m - Wildflowers, Warblers, and Wine at Tarara WineryAndy Rabin and Jim McWalters for a walk around the 475-acre farm of Tarara Winery. Explore the many diverse natural areas and take a stroll along the Potomac Riverhttp://www.loudounwildlife.org/Calendar_April.htm#tarara
April 13, 2012 - Polyface Farm TourFarmer/Author Joel Salatin leads a tour of his amazing farm in Swoope, VA, located in the Shenandoah Valley
www.polyfacefarms.comMarch 15, 7pm - Landscape Design for Pollinator DiversitySusan Abraham presents topic for the Virginia Native Plant SocietyGreen Springs Gardens, Alexandria, VA http://www.vnps-pot.orgMarch 12, 2012, 7pm - Ending Nature Disorder: A Talk with the AuthorDr. Richard Louv presents his theories for the Piedmont Environmental CouncilTuscarora HS, Leesburg, VAhttp://www.pecva.org/index.php/events/ending-nature-deficit-disorder-leesburgMarch 11, 2012, 8-4pm - Vernal Pool Construction WorkshopMichael Hayslett leads the workshop for The Environmental Studies on the Piedmont/VA Working LandscapesWarrenton, VA March 8, 2012 - Philadelphia International Flower ShowPA Convention Center, Philadelphia, PAJanuary 11, 2012 - MANTS Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade ShowSurveying the world of nurseries; searching for native plant vendors.Baltimore, MDAugust 2011 - GW Landscape TourGW faculty and students tour (4) Lush Life Landscapes project sites.Alexandria and Arlington, VirginiaMay 21, 2011, 9am - Rust Lecture Series -Field TourSusan Abraham leads tour of her 4+ acre property to survey native plants in the garden.Waterford, VirginiaApril 9, 2011, 9am – Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS)– Native Plant SaleLush Life Landscapes exhibit; associates answer questions on native plantsRust Nature Sanctuary, Leesburg, VirginiaMarch 8, 2011, 7pm - Rust Lecture Series
Susan Abraham presents 'Native Plants in the Garden'February 22-25, 2011 - New Directions in Landscape Design (NDAL)Annual Seminar, Chadds Ford, PASeptember 18, 2010 – Rock Spring Garden Club of ArlingtonGarden of the Year – 2nd place - "Yortown View" projecthttp://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/09/20/video_news/mo16b.txtFall 2008 – Washington Spaces MagazineFeature article on the architectural remodel of our ‘Yorktown View’ projectSmall is Beautiful, pg. 39Spring 2006 - Timeless Elegance Designer Show HouseStaying true to the 2006 Designer Showhouse theme of 'Timeless Elegance', Lush Life Landscapes re-designed the Herb Garden at the historic Rust Manor House in Leesburg, Virginia. The new garden path creates three separate beds circling the armillary, representing the past, present and future of the nature sanctuary. Culinary herbs and new native perennials attract a host of pollinating butterflies and insects, creating a lively atmosphere for visitors to traverse as they enter the manor house offices.
Rust Manor House and Nature Sanctuary, Leesburg, VA
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