Adult Field Course: Landscape Potential: Approaches to Ecological Landscape Design

Consider the performance of your home landscape. Would you describe it as a fit, functional work of art that reflects your lifestyle and encourages outdoor activity? If not, join landscape architect, Preston Montague, for a design workshop that will help you make informed decisions about issues facing you in the landscape.

Preston will present principles of ecological landscape design he applies in his practice as a professional landscape architect. Participants will learn about the ecosystem services they may design into their outdoor spaces that will boost resources for pollinating insects, birds and other wildlife. Preston will provide training on planting design that draws from both principles of fine art, as well as landscape ecology. Participants are encouraged to bring some of their most pressing landscape challenges and aspirations (via photos) to the workshop for Preston to consider.

Preston Montague is an artist, educator and landscape architect who developed a passion for the natural world while growing up in the rural foothills of Virginia. He works in Durham, N.C., focusing on projects that spark curiosity about nature and encourage stronger relationships between people and their environment. Montague’s latest body of work, “Codex Carolinum,” is a series of didactic botanical illustrations using art and storytelling to foster natural science literacy, which can be viewed on this website: www.prestonmontague.com.

Program Itinerary
10:00am – 4:00pm: Presentation and workshop in the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery with lunch break around noon

Tickets
This event costs $60 for general admission and $51 for members of Grandfather Mountain’s Bridge Club – plus tax. Registration opens on this page on March 10, at 10 a.m. Limited to 10 participants.

Bridge Club Members, click here to purchase tickets.
You will need to use your Bridge Club member number (located on your card below the barcode) to purchase.

Non-Bridge Club Members, click here to purchase tickets.

What’s included?
Your program cost includes admission into the park, field instruction and transportation during your program. It does not include meals or lodging. Bringing a bagged lunch is recommended for most field courses. Mildred’s Grill will be open for participants to purchase lunch if they choose to do so.

Tips are not accepted for field courses. However, donations to the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation are accepted if you would like to recognize a program.

General Clothing List
The course will be indoors, though participants should be prepared for a brief walk outside.

Equipment:

Daypack with enough room to carry extra clothing, water, lunch, camera, etc.

• Water Bottle
• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen

Equipment Specific to this Course:

• Photos of project area as outlined above

Refunds/Cancellations
Adult Field Courses generally sell out and have a waiting list associated with the event. If you cannot attend the field course that you are registered for, please let us know. Full refunds will be given to individuals who reach out to us at least five days before the event. This allows time for individuals on the waiting list to make accommodations to attend the event. To cancel your registration, please call 828-833-6332 or email judi@grandfather.com.

We ask that individuals who are sick with any illness to stay home to ensure the health and safety of other participants, our staff, and the field course instructors – refunds will be granted to these individuals.