Thanks for making our eighth annual conference the best yet!

Did you see the article in the Capital Gazette? We are so grateful they could celebrate with us as we paid tribute to Ron Bowen and honored Erik Michelsen, recipient of the inaugural Ron Bowen Environmental Legacy Award

You can see photos from our conference on Facebook. Be sure to tag your friends!

Session Presentations:

Track A: dynamic engagement

• Creating Equity Across the Watersheds, Kacey Wetzel, Bre’Anna Brooks and Mariah Davis

• The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Educational Philosophy, Liana Vitali

• Harnessing the Power of Art and Storytelling to Engage Your Community, Michel Anderson and Curtis Bennett

Track B: wsa pro

• The Humane Gardener: Landscaping in Harmony with Wildlife, Nancy Lawson (Presentation unavailable)

• The Bare, the Boggy, and the Boundary: The Three Bad B’s and What to do About Them, Kara Crissey, Geoff Rinehart and Vernon Hustead

• How to Approach a Slope, Katie Hart, Grace Schneider and Missy Jones

Track C: our collective impact

• There’s and App for That: Tech Tools that Make and Impact, Joe Arrowsmith and Christine Wysocki

• Halfway There,…Looking to 2025 and Beyond, Erik Michelsen (Presentation unavailable)

• The Permits and People that Restore Ecosystems, Denise Keehner, Sadie Drescher and Kevin Smith

Mini Sessions

• Pollinators Prospering People, Melinda Fegler

Thank you to our 2019 Conference Sponsors

atlantic white cedar:

sweetbay magnolia:

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay ∙ Bayland Consultants and Designers ∙ Chaney Enterprises ∙ Homestead Gardens ∙ Hustead Landscape Architecture ∙ OpinionWorks ∙ Schwartz Realty ∙ Underwood & Associates ∙ Wetland Studies and Solutions

Serviceberry:

Bray Hill, LLC ∙ Cavanos Perennials ∙ Deborah M. Schwab Landscape Architecture ∙
Drum, Loyka & Associates ∙ Ecotone, Inc. ∙ Good Earth Gardeners ∙
Hyatt & Weber, PA ∙ Langton Green, Inc ∙ Printing Specialist ∙ Signs By Tomorrow