Class 4
The Art of Abundance

How do you work with all these plants?

Central to an ecological practice is promoting and fostering plant species abundance. Abundance is the mothering force of ecology yet poses various challenges in horticultural environments ranging from aesthetics to long-term performance. Many practitioners ask about how to balance legibility and coherence with a meaningful contribution to local ecosystem services. This class explores those issues by contrasting wild precedent examples with the challenges they produce inside the relatively disturbed parameters of horticultural landscapes. Participants will come away with tools for approaching the design and establishment of complex plant communities relative to site-specific goals.

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