All-Chapter Virtual Meeting

January 28, 2021 – 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

You’re invited! Join us this Thursday for the first All-Chapter meeting of 2021.

Featured Speaker
Jan Johnsen

Jan Johnsen is a principal of the award-winning Johnsen Landscapes & Pools in New York, and an admired garden designer and writer. She was the 2019 recipient of the prestigious ‘Award of Distinction’ from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. Jan taught at Columbia University for many years and still teaches at the New York Botanical Garden where she was named “Instructor of the Year”.

Jan’s new book, ‘Floratopia – 110 Flower Garden Ideas for Your Yard, Patio or Balcony’, (Countryman Press) will be out in mid February, 2021. They join her other landscape design books, Gardentopia, Heaven is a Garden and The Spirit of Stone.

Trained in landscape architecture and professional horticulture, Jan has worked in Japan, Hawaii, and Kenya, among other places. She is an inspiring speaker and loves to show how you can “co-create with nature” in your backyard.

Check out Jan’s garden blog ‘Serenity in the Garden’, or her Facebook page, ‘Serenity in the Garden Blog’.

Featured Presentation

"Learning From Before & After"

Jan Johnsen
This illustrated talk shares an array of landscape design principles using photos of ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos of real life residential landscapes. They show how an outdoor space of any size can be transformed. A discussion of design pitfalls to avoid is included. Each example is a built project and describes specific design techniques, planting combinations and more. This talk is informative and lots of fun!

Following our featured presentation we will breakout into our regional Chapters for networking and locally relevant conversations!

Chapter Breakout Room Highlights:

Durham – Open Discussion

Spring Prep – what are you doing at this time of year to get ready?
COVID 2021 – what are your plans for handling it?
Hiring – how do you interview, hire and train staff with COVID?

Georgian Lakelands – Round Table Discussion
What things did you implement in 2020 that will become a permanent policy for your company?

London – Guest Speakers, Lisa Hannam & Richard Robbins

"Reading Your Soil Report"
A talk about the importance of testing soil, proper sampling technique including a detailed review of a soil report.

Ottawa – Chapter Updates, News & Trivia

Announcement of AGM
Trivia

Upper Canada – Guest Speaker, Wally Earl – Living & Leaving Landscaping

Wally will discuss his experiences in selling "Green Things Landscaping 2010" followed by a round table discussion.

More to Explore:

Professional Development – Check out our online series of Professional Development Courses today and register for our online opportunities.

Congress Connect – We’re still live and there is lot’s to explore! Don’t forget that conferences are available for you to watch on-demand and the Marketplace is FREE to browse through. Late to the party? You can still register to enjoy the virtual experience.

Peer 2 Peer – Are you connected to the nework? Looking to chat with like-minded professionals? Attend the next Peer 2 Peer session.

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