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Watch this recording of “The Ruderal Picturesque: Ecological Disturbance as a Tool for Design” for a preview of the content type and delivery style we use in the New Naturalism Academy.
Watch this recording of “The Ruderal Picturesque: Ecological Disturbance as a Tool for Design” for a preview of the content type and delivery style we use in the New Naturalism Academy.
Explore the ruderal picturesque with horticulturist and planting designer Kelly Norris in this bonus session of the New Naturalism Academy. Learn how ruderal (disturbance‑adapted) plants, roadside ecologies, and vacant lots can inspire ecological, resilient, and cost‑effective planting design in gardens, cities, and municipal landscapes. Using examples from roadsides, the High Line, gravel gardens, and home meadows, Kelly explains how to: See beauty in “messy” and disturbed sites Work with disturbance and succession instead of against them Integrate ruderal, native, and naturalized species into design Use simple management (mowing, editing, seeding) to steer dynamic plant communities