Field Session

WED-FS-02: Evolving Green Stories at Brookside Gardens and Montgomery Parks

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

7:30am – 2:00pm ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2

3.75 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, ISA, NY/HSW, FL
Ticket Price: $115 per person

Field Session Leader(s)

Ching-Fang Chen, ASLA

Landscape Architect
M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks
Silver Spring, Maryland

Session Guide
Christopher Elenstar (he/him/his)

Assistant Director for Horticulture
M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks
Wheaton, Maryland

Field Session Presenter(s)

Brian Dahl

Nursery Facility Manager
M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks
Gaithersbury, Maryland
Jeanette Proudfoot

Horticulturist I
M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks
Wheaton, Maryland
Kristin Davey (she/her/hers)

Horticulturist I
M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks
Wheaton, Maryland

This session explores distinctive garden spaces, green infrastructure, and innovative practices demonstrated at Brookside Gardens, a unique public display garden within Montgomery Parks. Programs from Montgomery Parks’ Pope Farm Nursery will also be introduced, including production of local ecotype native plants, green waste recycling, and alternative pest management practices.

Includes: transportation, catered lunch. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

Explore new thinking in ecological design and green infrastructure through review of exemplary and challenging projects.
Review examples of development strategies and best management practices that catalyze function, beauty, and habitat.
Learn new ideas for sustainable gardening and maintenance using native and adaptive plants in public display gardens.
Review integrated pest management and emerging trends for alternative pesticide practices.