Shaw Series - Greener Solutions to Municipal Landscape Design
Date and time
Location
Kirkwood Park
Lion's Pavilion 111 S. Geyer Rd Kirkwood, Missouri 63122Refund Policy
Description
Online Registration has ended. Please contact Rob Kennedy by email at rob.kennedy@mobot.org or (314) 577 0202 if you would like to attend.
The City of Kirkwood is pleased to join with Missouri Botanical Garden’s Earthways Center and Shaw Nature Reserve to host this Shaw Series Salon at Kirkwood Park and Walker Lake with a focus on developing greener stormwater projects. Kirkwood Park is the most heavily used of all Kirkwood parks. The site has a large Freno modular bioretention system and rain gardens planted with native plants.
Around Walker Lake extensive use of native emergent aquatic vegetation has decreased bank erosion and opportunities for cattail encroachment and has increased wildlife diversity. Walking trails give visitors an opportunity to learn about nature or take a walk in an environmentally sustainable and safe environment. Walker Lake is a multiuse area with walking trails, fishing, etc.
Kirkwood Park has replaced the Walker Lake concrete inflow with a more attractive and natural arrangement of rockweirs, cobble and boulders planted with a diversity of native perennials, trees and shrubs. This phase was made possible by support from the Municipal Park Grant Commission of St. Louis County and the Missouri Department of Conservation.
2.5 CEU's available.
Tentative Schedule:
3:30 Registration & Exhibitors 4:00 Tours of Site 5:00 Break & Exhibitors 5:30 Panel Discussion about Stormwater Features at Kirkwood Park Walker Lake 6:30 Social & NetworkingPanelists:
Peter Laufersweiler, Horticulturist, Kirkwood Parks and Recreation Tim Dean, PE, Intuition & Logic Inc.Jake Hargrave, Site Planner, Planning Design Studio
Moderator - Scott Woodbury, Shaw Nature Reserve
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The Shaw Series host informal events that bring people together to share experience and insight around 21st century issues such as community landscape planning and storm water mangement. Themes vary from municipal planning to public perceptions of native landscapes, developing successful landscape specifications, maintenace plans and more. All events require advanced registration. The Shaw Series is coordinated by the Missouri Botanical Garden's EarthWays Center and Shaw Nature Reserve staff.