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2013 LAX Speakers - Mike Evans & Orchid Black - Success with Native Plant Design Using a Plant Community Approach08-17-12 | News

2013 LAX Sponsors

Success with Native Plant Design Using a Plant Community Approach

CEU Accreditation: LA CES, 1.5; LEED, 1.5; APLD, 1.5

Presented by: Mike Evans & Orchid Black
Saturday, February 9th - 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Course Description:

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Biography:

Mike Evans was born and raised in southern California and demonstrated an early love for the outdoors. He worked with several nurseries both retail and wholesale, before establishing Tree of Life Nursery in 1976. The nursery specializes in native California plants. Tree of Life Nursery promotes a style of authentic horticulture, specifically the concept of appropriate landscaping with native California plants. Evans is affiliated with numerous conservation, horticultural and botanical organizations. He is past president (2005) of the International Plant Propagators Society, and past president (2001) of the California Society for Ecological Restoration. Evans was involved in water conservation during the 1980?EUR??,,????'?????<
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Evans is president of Tree of Life Nursery. In 2007, the nursery was honored to receive the Horticultural Award from the California Native Plant Society and the California Glory Award presented by the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.

Biography:

Orchid Black is a garden designer whose practice focuses on California native plants. Her gardens have been featured on the Theodore Payne Foundation (TPF) Garden Tour and with the Friends of Washington Park and TPF. She has been active in the design and restoration of Washington Park in Pasadena, originally designed by famed horticulturist Theodore Payne, which won an ASLA Award.

Black teaches at the Theodore Payne Foundation and Sustainable Garden Practice for UCLA Extension, and gives lectures and workshops on native horticulture and oak culture throughout Southern California. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the California Native Plant Society. Black can be found online at nativesanctuary.wordpress.com

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