PRFCT EVENTS
Meadows Matter: How to Create a Meaningful Meadow
Sunday, October 6, 2024
8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Boscobel House and Gardens
$50
Learn from experts how to create a meadow in your yard, and visit some successful meadows in the area. During this full day symposium, you will hear from experts Janice Butler, Erin Muir, Bryan Quinn, Perfect Earth’s Toshi Yano, and Scott Stevens on why meadows are important, various types, implementation, maintenance and the cultural importance. After lunch, participants will be able to sign up and visit various types of meadows locally.
Toward a New Land Ethic: Principles and Practices for Ecological and Human Health
Sunday, October 20, 2024
10:30 a.m.
Nature Conservancy
142 Route 114
East Hampton, NY
Perfect Earth’s Edwina von Gal will join Bram Gunther, Jason LaGarenne, and Paul Muñoz for a lively discussion about a new land ethic. Moderated by Fred Thiele. Bring your questions!
Register here.
The Future of Sagg Pond Watershed
Thursday, October 24, 2024
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The Bridgehampton Club
301 Ocean Road
Bridgehampton, NY
Learn how you can make a lasting impact on the future of Sagg Pond and make your landscape a haven of health and beauty! Perfect Earth is proud to team up with Peconic Land Trust to support the Sagg Pond watershed. Join us to hear Perfect Earth’s Edwina von Gal talk about how to transition from conventional toxic landscaping methods to nature-based practices that celebrate life and support biodiversity and meet our Living Lands Regional Manager Tim Wheeler.
Space is limited. RSVP here.
REGISTRATION OPEN!
Managing Meadows: Best Practices for Biodiversity and Beauty
Thursday, November 7, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
$100
Click Here to Register
Join Perfect Earth and the Ecological Landscape Alliance for a day-long symposium on how how to manage established meadows—from cultivating and protecting wildlife, to handling invasives, to using historic practices like burning and grazing. Panels and presentations by experts in the morning will be followed by a lunch tray by the Café at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and site visits in the afternoon.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
Platinum: Westchester Parks Foundation, Inc.
Gold: Hollander Design | Landscape Architects
Silver: New York Botanical Garden, The Friends of the Trailside Nature Museum and Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Bronze: Compostwerks LLC, Grace Fuller Design, Friends of Hilltop Hanover Farm, Friends of Lasdon Park & Arboretum, Friends of Muscoot, Manitoga, Native Plant Center, SER-Mid-Atlantic, Silva et Pratum
Supporters: Jayni Chase, Abby Clough, Jean-Marc Flack, John Hill, Leo S Walsh Foundation, Schatzi Mclean
Interested in having Edwina, Toshi, or another PRFCT team member speak at your event? Fill out our Speaker Request Form HERE.
Testimonials
We are profoundly grateful to Edwina Von Gal for sharing her invaluable insights on nature-based landscaping practices with our community. Her expertise in harmonizing with Mother Nature to create landscapes that are not only visually stunning, but also promote the health of our families, pets, and vital ecosystems is truly inspiring. Thank you, Edwina, for taking the time to guide us toward nurturing more vibrant and sustainable environments.
~ Eileen Mullen, The Lion Head Beach Association
[Edwina’s] presentation was inspirational, entertaining & filled with a joyous sense of freedom – all while imparting such important information & a new way of looking at landscapes & plantings. I am so interested in getting as many of our residents as possible to understand a new perception of beauty.
~ Jean Thatcher, Three Harbors Garden Club
We received wonderful, positive feedback from so many of the attendees who said that they felt informed and empowered to make changes in their home landscape practice towards a more ‘magical’ and sustainable model.
~Lisa de Guzman, Three Harbors Garden Club
My husband and I are totally inspired! And the feedback today says…so are the 175 + guests listening last night.
~ Laura Blumin, Three Harbors Garden Club