During that time, the University achieved Tree Campus USA designation and most recently became an accredited arboretum through ArbNet. In addition, the campus boasts a Querceretum (oak collection), and extensive collections of ginkgoes and several Iowa State Champion Trees.Īndrew has been the campus arborist at the U of I for the past 22 years. Of note are two Conifer Reference Gardens as recognized by the American Conifer Society and a Literary Grove featuring trees with connections to famous authors at the Writers Workshop. The U of I campus has over 320 species and countless cultivars in the maintained areas. we will be informed and entertained in-person by Andrew Dahl, the University of Iowa Urban Forestry Supervisor and Campus Arborist who will give us a visual survey and commentary on the most notable of the 8,000 trees on campus (check out the cool campus tree map!). Benjamin lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and son. Benjamin’s award winning work has been featured in American Gardener, Garden Design, Fine Gardening, Midwest Living and Houzz. He manages the prairie inspired design firm Monarch Gardens LLC ( ) which focuses on urban and suburban lawn to meadow conversions. From the fundamentals of plant succession over the years to using plant reproduction and habit to fill ecological niches, the right native plant communities make all the difference for beautiful gardens that both wildlife and people crave.īenjamin is the author of A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future and the forthcoming Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design (autumn 2022). Benjamin will discuss learning from natural plant communities to increase ecosystem function and climate resilience at home in our own gardens. With all of us struggling to modify our gardens for the increased summer heat, cycles of drought and excessive rain events, he will address the“ Fundamentals On Sunday, Februat 2 p.m., we will have a Zoom presentation by Benjamin Vogt of Lincoln, Nebraska with some very timely information. We hope to see you at the 2022 Project GREEN Winter Garden Forums! Past Garden Forum presentations can be viewed online at the Iowa City Public Library’s Library Channel. To register for each forum: please go to and click on each event you wish to virtually attend. The in-person events will be subject to ICPL protocol which currently requires maskwearing. Planning to livestream the in-person events on the Library’s facebook page, and more information will be availableĪs planning is finalized. It’s the hybrid system that we’ve all become accustomed to over the past 18 months, of course with theĬaveat that the in-person events will depend on COVID conditions during the first three months of 2022. Our 2022 Winter Garden Forums will consist of two in-person speakers and one speaker exclusively in Zoomįormat. Managing Editor of Iowa City Press-Citizen, who left the majority of his estate to local charitable entities, including These garden-related educational presentations were begun as a tribute to Edwin Green, longtime Project GREEN has been holding our Winter Garden Forums in partnership with the Iowa City Public Library
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These are held at the Iowa City Public Library, and are free and open to the public.
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Every winter, Project GREEN hosts a series of three educational presentations about gardening and environmental topics.