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Field Session

SUN-FS-01: Waterfront Gardens of Annapolis Over Time: Historic and Modern Perspectives

Sunday, October 6, 2024
7:30am – 5:00pm ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1

Sponsored By 
SOLD OUT Lunch Included
4.75 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, ISA, NY/HSW, FL
Ticket Price: $150 per person
This field session will include a collection of historic and contemporary gardens. Site visits will include waterfront gardens, a working marina and residential redevelopment, and an 18th-century garden. Speakers will discuss methods by which each landscape was developed based on awareness of environmental and cultural issues of its time .

Includes: transportation, William Paca Garden admission. Lunch on your own. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Better understand the environmental threats to the Chesapeake Bay as well as rules and regulations related to landscape design in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas.
  • Cultivate an understanding of strategies for improving stormwater quality and reducing runoff in both residential and urban settings while enhancing the aesthetic quality of spaces.
  • Learn about the use of meadows as a lawn alternative to reduce our environmental impact in fragile coastal ecosystems.
  • Learn about the evolution of a historic estate that began in 1763 and was destroyed and rebuilt in the 19th century, and its continuing evolution and preservation today.