NNLA 2025 Design Workshop
2025 NNLA Workshop
Designed Plant Communities
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
UNL East Campus, Lincoln
Keim Hall, Room 150
DESIGNED PLANT COMMUNITIES
This workshop will explore the beauty of arranging plant materials with both ecology and aesthetics in mind. Topics will include a quick review of planting design elements, then dive into advanced planting models, then we’ll explore designed plant communities. Some basic graphics of plant symbols, drawing techniques for showing plant layers, plus a bit about drawing in elevation will also be covered. This is a hands-on workshop, so please come prepared to learn, draw, design and have fun.
Lisa Nunamaker
Award-winning designer, artist and educator, Lisa Nunamaker is the creator of the company, Paper Garden Workshop, a spirited place to learn garden design and landscape graphics. Lisa uses her illustration skills to teach these beautiful topics to budding designers around the world. Lisa also holds degrees in landscape architecture, is registered in the state of Iowa, taught landscape design at Iowa State University for over 12 years and currently serves on the Association of Professional Landscape Designers National Board of Directors.
Please bring:
Pencils + Pens (like microns)
Circle templates
Architect scale ruler (though I’ll also provide graph paper as another option)
Roll of tracing paper
A laptop, iPad and or books (to look up plants)
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
9 - 9:15 AM Introductions
9:15 - 9:45 AM Planting Design Basics Review
- Spatial Design vs. Planting Design
- Elements of Planting Design: Form, Texture, Color
9:45 - 10:30 AM Planting Models + Designers
10:30-10:45 AM BREAK
10:45 - 11:30 AM Designed Plant Communities + 5 Guidelines
- Based on book: Planting in a Post-Wild World by West and Rainer
11:30 - 12:15 LUNCH
12:15 - 1:00 PM Vertical layers: Matrix, Seasonal, Structure
1:00 - 1:30 PM Landscape Archetypes/Plant Communities
1:30 - 2:00 PM Choosing plants: Matrix + Seasonal + Structure
2:00 - 2:15 PM BREAK
2:15 - 3:15 PM Drawing your design
3:15 - 3:30 PM Conclusion
Education sessions, meals and breaks are included in the registration price.
Pricing
Member Pricing: $200
Non-Member Pricing - $295
Location and Parking Details: The workshop will be held at the UNL East Campus, Keim Hall, Room 150, Lincoln. Park in the A/C Judging Pavilion Lot (entrance on Fair St.). Once parked go to Keim Hall Room 150, you will be given a parking pass to place in your vehicle for the day. A map of the parking lots will be emailed to participants a week prior to the event.
Cancelation Policy: If you cancel on or before January 15, you will be granted a full refund. After January, the workshop fee minus a $25 processing fee will be refunded.
Attendees Can Earn up to 5.0 NCNLP CE Credits
Interested in sponsoring this event
NNLA Bronze Sponsor - $100
Includes logo on all event materials. Must purchase registration fee separately.
NNLA Silver Sponsor - $400
Includes logo on all event materials plus one event registration.
NNLA Gold Sponsor - $750
Includes logo on all event materials plus two event registrations.
Choose your sponsorship level on the registration page
Questions? Call 402-381-7154 or email Jennifer@youraam.com
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NNLA is not liable for any injury or damage resulting from willful acts of attendees. Attendees assume all risk and danger relating to the Field Day event, whether occurring prior to, during or after the event.