Landscapes as Essential Groundwork for our Future: Stewardship, Community, Native Plantings, & the Work of Becoming Kin Again

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As we move into a new age of ecological landscaping, how do we rethink our residential and civic landscapes so that they actively support biodiversity, climate resilience, and community wellbeing? As horticulture professionals, we have an essential role in the future of our world. Drawing from real-world projects and community-based design work, this workshop will explore practical approaches to creating beautiful, functional gardens that wildly expand biodiversity while connecting the human spirit back to the natural world.

Participants will gain inspiration and actionable strategies for transforming landscapes from resource consumers to ecosystem contributors, strengthening connections between people and the natural realm while centering a changing world, biodiversity, and community action. We will explore real-life challenges and strategies for maintaining these ecological gardens and how to better connect design and care professionals for long-term success. We will learn how to build healthy ecosystems while at the same time connecting people back to the rhythms of the seasons, healing spirit, and building community and equity along the way.

Walking the property at Stone Barns mid workshop, participants will enjoy a guided landscape tour of the property with real-life success and challenges on plant choices and 10+ years of garden trails from in-house staff.

Learning objectives:

Incorporate native plants into tough and unlikely spaces, bringing them into residential, suburban, containerized, and urban landscapes.
Building new and improved management skills on how to tend and care for these changing spaces as designers and gardeners, while educating clients along the way
Building joy and fun, seasonal celebration, and a memory of our natural rhythms into our work for long-term success & well-being
Building skills and systems for working with the community

CEUs are being sought from:

Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD)
Certified Nursery & Landscape Professional (CNLP)
Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA/CES)
More coming soon

Meet Your Instructor:

Shanti Nagel is the founder of Design Wild, a landscape design firm working at the intersection of climate, humans, and community well-being. She believes that the relationship between humans and the natural world is essential for individual health, the strength of communities, our ecosystems, and a future on Earth. She grew up gardening as a child in upstate NY, founded an organic vegetable farm at age 20, and later managed one of New York City’s largest urban farms. Shanti is a graduate of the School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, a trained horticulturist, and a skilled landscape designer. For the last decade, she and Design Wild have been designing naturally ferocious, beautiful, ecologically rich and incredibly durable landscapes in New York City and the greater Hudson Valley.

Event & Ticket Information:

$405 ELA Members (lunch included)
$480 Non-Members (lunch included)

Lunch information:

Lunch is being provided in the on-site, award-winning cafeteria (Blue Hill).
- For More information https://bluehillfarm.com/cafeteria
- Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are available.
- Please make note of any dietary restrictions you may require during the ticket purchase.
External food is NOT allowed at Stone Barns.

Registration Closes: June 15, 2026

25 tickets are available for this exclusive workshop

Waitlist Information:
- Please purchase a ticket to be added to the wait list.
- You will be emailed if a ticket becomes available. You will not be charged unless a ticket becomes available and you agree to attend.

June 24, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture

630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY 10591

Landscapes as Essential Groundwork for our Future: Stewardship, Community, Native Plantings, & the Work of Becoming Kin Again

Wednesday June 24 2026, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
630 Bedford Road
Pocantico Hills, New York
United States
10591

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