Professional Horticulture Courses from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

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Professional Horticulture Courses from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Explore Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens' Professional Horticulture offerings with regional experts in the field. These special courses are tailored to professionals in the landscape, horticulture, and land management industries, and count towards certification from the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, Northeast Organic Farming Association's Organic Land Care Program and the Maine Landscape and Nursery Association.

Invasive Plant

March 14: Invasive Plant Management
with Amanda Devine, Ted Elliman & Chris Polatin

This seminar will focus on the many questions and uncertainties around the challenge of invasive plants, including how to become qualified to manage invasive plants and serve a need in the landscape-service industry. With elevated concerns for herbicides, including glyphosate, there are mixed messages about how to manage invasive plants responsibly and effectively. This course will elaborate on the facts, considerations and future of these species, as well as present some of the best strategies to limit or prevent the onset of invasive plants in Maine and throughout New England’s landscape.

This class counts for 3 credits towards license certification from the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, Northeast Organic Farming Association's Organic Land Care Program, and the Maine Landscape and Nursery Association.

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Roots

April 4: Propagating Natives for Profit and Productivity
with Dan Jaffe & Peter van Berkum

Join us for a course designed to help increase growers’ confidence to grow more native plants in nurseries, greenhouses and in landscape settings. Dan Jaffe of New England Wild Flower Society and Peter van Berkum, co-owner of Van Berkum Nursery, will present methods to responsibly and effectively propagate native plants from cultivated and wild landscapes. They will share what native plants they choose to grow, why the plants are important to use in the landscape, budgetary considerations, and methods of landscape cultivation for long-term success. This class is ideal for experienced and new growers, gardeners and landscape designers who want to expand their plant palette and to become more confident in using an extensive selection of beautiful, ecologically functional and essential native plants.

This class counts for 3 credits towards license certification from the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, Northeast Organic Farming Association's Organic Land Care Program, and the Maine Landscape and Nursery Association.

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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 132 Botanical Gardens Drive, Boothbay, ME 04537 P: (207) 633-8000   |   E: info@MaineGardens.org​