Planting for Wildlife for Landscape Professionals
This course will guide you through implementing wildlife-friendly landscaping features and practices in collaboration with your clients.
By the end of this 5-part course, participants will be able to:
Assess their clients' desire for wildlife-friendly landscaping;
- Relate the benefits of wildlife-friendly landscaping to their clients;
- Assess their clients' desire for wildlife-friendly landscaping;
- Demonstrate ability to address clients' concerns with wildlife-friendly features;
- Assess landscapes for improvements to enhance wildlife suitability; and
- Implement wildlife-friendly practices and features in the landscape.
The course is designed as a series, with one session building on another. Tickets can be purchased for the entire series at a reduced rate ($100), or class-by-class ($25 each). Each session has been approved for 1.5 FDACS Core CEUs, and a certificate will be awarded for successful completion of the course. A limited number of scholarships will be available. Contact Yvette Goodiel for a scholarship application.
Earn CEUs and a professional certificate, network with other landscape professionals, learn about the benefits and practices of wildlife-friendly landscaping, and engage your clients in improving their landscapes by working with you in a new way!
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Highlights
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Hoke Library (Martin County Library System)
1150 Northwest Jack Williams Way
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
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Agenda
September 8: Why Landscape for Wildlife?
Learn about the benefits of landscaping for wildlife. Develop a pitch you can use in encouraging clients to work with you on wildlife-friendly landscaping.
September 23: Communicating with Clients about Wildlife-Friendly Landscaping
Learn about ways their clients may want to engage with wildlife in their yards and concerns they may have. Use this information to create a short list of interview questions you can use to understand your clients' desires and concerns.
October 7: Assessing Landscapes for Wildlife Suitability
Learn about features that add value for different types of wildlife, including birds, pollinators, gopher tortoises, and other species. Practice finding information about wildlife that you and your clients value the most, and assess one of the properties that you manage.