Green Matters Symposium 2017

Plant Solutions in The Age of Climate Change

Silver Spring Civic Building
1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD
Friday, February 24, 2017
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Home gardeners and landscape designers alike are faced with an increasingly inconsistent and harsh environmental climate, ranging from droughts to floods and extreme temperatures. Share a powerful day with respected horticultural minds from the green industry for animated discussion on finding sustainable design and plant solutions to these environmental challenges.

What impacts will climate change have upon our Mid-Atlantic plant selections and design choices? How does a changing environment affect strategies to achieve landscape sustainability? Learn how to leverage new opportunities in design trends that address these environmental concerns for landscapes, ranging from sunny perennial borders to shade and canopy gardens. Discover how plants can offer fundamental solutions to the challenges of climate change from an expert panel presenting the latest market trends for plant introductions and new hybridizing initiatives.