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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT Leaping to Solutions Climate Change Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Register Online Cost: $50 for members; $60 for not-yet-members \n Registration includes lunch This event is sold out! \nClimate change is a topic of daily conversation these days. Scientists have well-documented evidence that human activity\, starting with the dawn of the industrial revolution\, is the driving force behind these changes. Hear from local officials on how cities in the Coastal Virginia & Tidewater area are preparing to mitigate the challenges associated with sea level rise.During our November 2018 symposium\, we touched on the topic of climate change and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Attendees genuinely appreciated the chance to hear the facts and gain a better understanding -based on that feedback\, we’re focusing this symposium solely on climate change.\n Saturday\, February 29\, 2020 \n Check in at 9 in the Auditorium \n Full schedule and keynote speakers are listed below.  \nAs an added bonus that day\, Elizabeth River Project will host their 2nd Annual Youth Resilience Expo. See how students in grades K-12 envision solutions to address flooding\, promote resilience actions and reduce their carbon footprint at their schools. We’ve built in extra time during lunch for symposium attendees to enjoy these innovative solutions.  \n Time\n Topic & Speaker  \n 10:00-10:15 AM\n Welcome from Norfolk City Council member\, The Honorable Andria McClellan  \n 10:15-11:15 AM\n Dr. Michael Allen\, Assistant Professor of Geography\, Department of Political Science & Geography\, Old Dominion University   \nClimate Science 2020: National Perspectives: Global Interactions  \n 11:20 AM-12:20 PM\n Dr. Jeremy Hoffman\, Chief Scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia\n Preparing for a Hotter\, Wetter\, Sneezier\, and Wheezier Virginia  \n 12:20-1:45 PM\n Lunch and exploration of ERP’s Youth Resilience Expo   \n 1:45-2:45 PM\n Ross Weaver\, Program Assistant Director of Wetlands Watch \, Responses to the Changes We are Seeing    \n 2:55-3:55 PM\n Moderated Panel  \n Kyle Spencer\, City of Norfolk\, Office of Resilience  \n Charles J. Bodnar and Sue E. Kriebal\, City of Virginia Beach Public Works\, Stormwater Engineering Center
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SUMMARY:Shifting Landscapes: Tradition & Trends
DESCRIPTION:Register Online Join us to celebrate 80 years of Horticulture with a one-day symposium in our newly renovated Administration Auditorium. Topics include a look at NBG’s past\, present and future\, climate change and its impact on local plants\, great garden plants for our region and natural landscape design. Full schedule and keynote speakers are listed below.\n Earn Continuing Education Credits\n Tidewater Master Naturalists: 4 CEU https://tidewatermn.org/\n VA Nursery and Landscape Association: 4 CEU  https://www.vnla.org/\n VA Society of Landscape Designers: 4 CEU  https://www.vsld.org/\n Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional: 5 CEU  https://cblpro.org/  \n Added Bonus Take Home a FREE Tree  \n As part of our Green initiative\, we are giving  away 2\,000 Virginia Stock Longleaf Pine trees on November 3rd. It’s the tree that built Tidewater.  \nRepresentatives with The Virginia Longleaf Pine Cooperators Group will be onsite to answer questions and promote the conservation of Longleaf Pine. This group is dedicated to restoring the ecological\, economic\, cultural\, historical and recreational values of the native longleaf pine forests of southeastern Virginia; and providing technical expertise to help landowners achieve longleaf restoration success. https://longleafalliance.org/vlpc  \n Partners  \n Meadowview Biological Research Station\n Natural Resource Conservation Service\n Old Dominion University\n The Nature Conservancy\n US Fish & Wildlife Service\n Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Natural Heritage Program\n Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries\n Virginia Department of Forestry Early Bird: $80/person until October 26 \n Regular Registration: $100/person beginning October 26 \n Student Discount:  50% off registration fee for enrolled students. Students will need to show their current ID at the registration desk.  \n Time\n Topic & Speaker  \n 8:00 AM\n Registration Opens  \n 9:00 AM\n Welcome  \n 9:15 AM\n NBG Celebrates 80 Years!\n Noted local historians Dr. Martha Williams and Amy Waters Yarsinske will discuss the Garden’s unique heritage.\nPresident & CEO Michael Desplaines will present the Garden of Tomorrow  \n 10:15 AM\n Break  \n 10:30 AM\n Mark Weathington \, Director of the JC Raultson Arboretum at North Carolina State University and former NBG Director of Horticulture. Presentation will be based on his recent book Gardening on Your Own.   \n Beyond Tire Planters- Creating the New Southern Garden  \nThe south has a tremendous culture of gardening but as priorities and times change\, how and why we garden evolves as well. We garden for more than beauty – for food\, to support wildlife\, to solve environmental problems. Knowing why we do what we do allows the cultivated landscape to work for us and not the other way around.  \n 11:30 AM\n Lunch \, with time to tour the Garden on your own  \n 12:45 PM\n Welcome Back  \n 12:50 PM\n Dr. Michael Allen \, Old Dominion University Assistant Professor Political Science & Geography\, \n The Science of Climate Change: Local Impacts for Virginia  \n Dr. Tatyana Lobova \, Old Dominion University\, Senior Lecturer\, Department of Biological Science\, \n Effects of Climate Change on Native Plants  \n 1:35 PM\n Break  \n 1:50 PM  \n KEYNOTE SPEAKER  \n Larry Weaner \, Principal and founder of Larry Weaner Landscape Associates \n Living in the Liberated Landscape  \nUsing examples from his own property as well as diverse client projects\, Larry will share how this give-and-take approach can result in compelling\, low-maintenance landscapes that free plants to perform according to their natural abilities and liberate people from having to cater to their landscapes’ every need.  \n Closing\n Join us afterward for an ending reception including cocktail hour and book signing in the Garden Cafe.  \n Thank you to our Sponsors
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