PRFCT EVENTS

Managing Invasives:
Mindful Ecological Approaches

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
630 Bedford Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591

Registration opens March 28, 2025!

Doors open at 8:00 a.m. for coffee and what we think are the world’s best muffins!

Tickets $150

Mark your calendars! We’re returning to Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture for a day-long symposium on managing invasive plants without chemicals. Hear from experts on techniques like timed cutting, solarization, steaming, and smothering. Learn about the latest invasive plant research and how to prevent their spread. See an equipment show-and-tell. And enjoy a buffet lunch from the Café at Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

Schedule

Welcome by Edwina von Gal

Beyond Removal: Proactive Strategies for Protecting Ecosystems
Eve Beaury (Assistant Curator, Center for Conservation and Restoration Ecology at the New York Botanical Garden) and Rebecca McMackin (Lead Horticulturist, American Horticultural Society)

Managing Mugwort: Four Strategies
Claire Davis (Owner, Starflower Gardens),  Ashley Gamell (Owner, Studio Hopeland LLC), Michael Hagen (Curator of the Rock Garden and Native Plant Garden, New York Botanical Garden), Sarma Ozols (Horticulture Supervisor, Trust for Governors Island), Mia Wendel-DiLallo (Owner, Seedhead Gardens), moderated by Julia Snook (Curator, Lenoir)

Buffet lunch from the Café at Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Managing Woodies: Three Strategies 
Budd Veverka (Director of Land Management, Mianus River Gorge), Annabel Roberts-McMichael (Owner, Tend and Gather), Penn Marchael (COO/President, Pennington Grey), moderated by Rashid Poulson (Director of Horticulture, Brooklyn Bridge Park)

Managing Invasives at Stone Barns: An Integrated Approach
Elijah Goodwin (Director of Ecological Monitoring, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture) 

Equipment Show-and-Tell 

The event is geared towards horticulture professionals (including landscapers, designers, restoration practitioners, and public garden staff), but will welcome land care enthusiasts of all kinds. 

This symposium has been approved for up to four continuing education credits for APLD and SER. (One credit hour per presentation.) We are seeking CEUs for the following: LA CES, NOFA CT AOLCP. Check back for updates.

If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor of this event, please email Charlotte DeFazio-McElrath at Charlotte@perfectearthproject.org by March 28, 2025 to ensure your sponsorship is listed in all of our promotional materials.

Native Plant Trust’s Join the Movement virtual symposium

Saturday, May 3, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Early bird price (until April 1st): $100; Regular price: $125

Register here.

Edwina von Gal joins Uli Lorimer, director of Horticulture at Native Plant Trust, Trevor Smith, regenerative landscape designer, Design and Education Manager at Weston Nurseries, and Dan Jaffe Wilder is an ecologist, horticulturist, and botanist for Native Plant Trust’s 125th Anniversary Symposium.