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Tue Feb 16 2010 to Fri Feb 19
LIVING PLANTS, LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES: LANDSCAPE & HORTICULTURE SYMPOSIUM
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, ON presents a 4-day event offering workshops and a 3-day symposium designed for landscape and horticulture practitioners, nursery trades, academics, and other interested stakeholders. Themes include sustainability of horticultural practices, the roles of horticulture in improving community livability, innovations in design and practice, greening the built environment, gardens and biodiversity, and others. Feb. 18 will feature an initiative to create a certification standard for sustainable landscapes, and a special industry panel convened by Landscape Ontario. Contact Queenie Yee, symposium coordinator at qyee@rbg.ca, 905-527-11158, ext. 527. To register online, visit www.rbg.ca/cisb/2010symp, or by telephone, call Liz Rabishaw at 1-800-694-4769, ext. 270. Featuring keynote speaker Thomas Homer-Dixon: "Gardening for Resilience: Climate Change and Horticulture through Mid-Century" Visit www.rbg.ca/cisb for details and online registration or call 905-527-1158, ext. 270.
Location: RBG Centre, Burlington, www.rbg.ca/cisb/2010symp
Region: Halton, Hamilton, Niagara
Sponsor: Landscape Ontario, Tourism Burlington, Environment Canada
Contact Info: Queenie Yee qyee@rbg.ca 1-800-694-4769 ext 527 www.rbg.ca/cisb
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