Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium

Thank you to everyone who made the 2025 Symposium a success!!

We are just 2 weeks away from INLS 2025! If you haven't registered yet now is the time. You will not want to miss out!
Register here: www.ithacanativelandscape.com

"Great job guys! I've been meaning to come to this event for a few years now, and I was really glad that my travel schedule allowed it this year. Can't wait to start planting this spring!"— Abbie W.

"Always inspiring! This year I think you raised the bar for using native plants in our local landscapes. Thank you and I look forward to next years event!"— Mike V.

Celebrate the end of winter and welcome spring by joining us for INLS 2025!

Thursday: The Power of Birds to Transform Conservation, with Amanda Rodewald
Suggested donation: $20 (sliding scale) Tickets: stewartpark.org/events
Proceeds to benefit an interpretive sign for the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary Overlook.
7:00pm Cinemapolis Theatre, Ithaca, NY

Friday: Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium 2025
$150 (+3.95) www.ithacanativelandscape.com
8:30am-5:00pm Cinemapolis Theatre, Ithaca, NY

Featuring presenters:
Amanda Rodewald
Jamie Vanucchi
Jesse Nicholson
Kevin Grieser
Linda Rohleder
Uli Lorimer

Join us at Bike Bar for Happy Hour following INLS 2025

Today is the last day for early bird rates for INLS 2025! We look for to seeing everyone on March 21st!

Thursday night event, March 20th! Kick of INLS 2025, open to everyone!

INLS 2025 featured speaker: Amanda Rodewald Ph. D. How invasive and Exotic Shrubs Affect Breeding Birds

Invasive non-native shrubs can have serious, although not immediately obvious, negative impacts on birds. Amanda will explore the full range of impacts on some of the most dominant invasive non-native shrubs on our native and breeding bird populations in the northeast.

Early bird rate still available through February 21st! Visit www.ithacanativelandscape.com for more information and to register.

INLS 2025 featured speaker: Linda Rohleder Ph.D. : VolunteersGrowing Native Plants for Restoration Projects

Volunteers with the Wild Woods Restoration Project are growing native plants for restoration efforts in local parks across the Hudson Valley. By using local ecotype seeds, they are helping to preserve the region’s genetic diversity and restore habitats in these parks. Dr. Rohleder will explain how the project organizes volunteers to grow plants at home and will discuss the concepts and challenges they face with local ecotype seeds and sustainable growing practices. Since 2022, the project has engaged over 300 volunteers and cultivated tens of thousands of plants. This initiative highlights the powerful impact volunteers can make through collective action.

Early bird rates available through February 21st. Register at www.ithacanativelandscape.com

Featured Speaker INLS 2025: Uli Lorimer: Working with the process: Techniques and Strategies to Grow with Mature Landscapes

Setting things in motion is often the easy part of garden-making, and watching your vision unfold can be rewarding and unexpected. Taking cues from how plants behave in nature is a great start, but sometimes their behavior changes in cultivation. Mature landscapes pose a particular challenge as the moving pieces have been in motion for a long time. This talk will explore techniques and strategies for allowing plants to express themselves, mature, and change, all while not sacrificing design intent. The dynamism of plantings and plant communities should remain an enriching part of garden maintenance, not a source of frustration and headache. Understanding the push and pull of landscapes over many seasons helps inform timely interventions while affording space for serendipity and competition.

Register today, www.ithacanativelandscape.com

Our finalized speaker schedule is now available! Visit www.ithacanativelandscape.com to register today! Early bird rates are available until February 21st! Don't miss out on INLS 2025!

Featured Speaker: Jessie Nicholson

Building on the community outreach effort led by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute, MVVA is transforming LaSalle Park into a world-class park that celebrates the life of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. The 100-acre site is one of the largest waterfront parks in Buffalo and is located where the Buffalo and Niagara Rivers meet Lake Erie, only ten minutes from downtown. Although the existing park’s sports facilities, event pavilion, “Barkyard” dog park, pool, and skate plaza are beloved by the community, they are underused and isolated by a highway. The seawall, fields, and other infrastructure are reaching the end of their lifespan, and the park experiences flooding after extreme weather events.

Visit www.ithacanativelandscape.com for more information and to register!