Opportunities and Events

APLD or APLD Sponsor events in BOLD.

APRIL

Foothill College Environmental Horticulture Department Spring Quarter begins.
April 8, 2019

Designing Hell Strips, an APLD Bay Area Designer Forum
The Veteran’s Hall in Lafayette, CA
April 9, 2019

26th Annual Conference of the California Society for Ecological Restoration
Santa Barbara, CA
April 10-12, 2019

Bugs You Hope to See Less of, A Western Horticulture Lecture
Los Altos, CA
April 10, 2019

2019 Masonry Product Showcase at Peninsula Building Materials
Mountain View, CA
April 11, 2019 

Water in the World of Climate Change, a ReScape CA 2019 Seasonal Speaker Series
EBMUD, Oakland, CA
April 11, 2019

Rain Barrel Installation Workshop
Contra Costa, CA
April 13, 2019

Garden iPhoneography
Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, CA
April 13, 2019

 

4th Annual APLD Greater Los Angeles Garden Tour
Los Angeles, CA
April 13, 2019

CNPS San Diego Garden Tour
April 13-14, 2019

The Designer's Space: A Private Tour of John Black's Garden, an APLD Bay Area Designer Spotlight
The Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, CA
April 24, 2019  

Gamble Garden Tour
Palo Alto, CA
April 26-27, 2019  

Digging Deeper, a Vegetable Gardening Workshop with Urbaflora
Encino, CA
April 27, 2019

Sacramento Valley Native Plant Garden Tour
April 27, 2019 

San Diego Hort Society 2019 Garden Tour
La Mesa, CA
April 27, 2019

UC Davis Spring Plant Trials and Arboretum Tour
April 30, 2019

 

MAY

2019 Eco-Friendly Garden Tour in Marin County
May 4, 2019

Going Native Garden Tour
Santa Clara Valley and SF Peninsula
May 4-5, 2019

Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Departmentt Spring Plant Sale
Oakland, CA
May 4-5, 2019

Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Alameda and Contra Costa counties
May 5, 2019

Growing Community in Northern CA Agrihoods with Laura Hermanson
A Western Hort Lecture in Los Altos.
May 8, 2019

Garden Conservancy Open Days in the East Bay, CA
May 11, 2019

 

Financial Issues for Landscape Designers
an APLD Bay Area Speaker Series with David Harlow, CPA/PFS
at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Lafayette, CA
May 14, 2019

A Walk on the Delta Sod Tour Event with Delta Bluegrass
Stockton, CA
May 15, 2019

Children & Nature Network International Conference
Oakland, CA
May 16-18, 2019

Irrigation Update 2019
an APLD Bay Area Speaker Series with Andrew Bolt
at the Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, CA
May 22, 2019

Gardening with Nature in Mind, a workshop with Judy Adler
Walnut Creek, CA
May 25, 2019

 

JUNE

Garden Conservancy Open Days in Marin County, CA
June 1, 2019

Climate Reality: Regeneration of the Landscape with Shawn Maestretti
Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia, CA
June 2, 2019

Garden Conservancy Open Days in San Francisco, CA
June 8, 2019

APLD Designer Spotlight: Kelly Kilpatrick & Ramie Allard
at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Lafayette, CA
June 11, 2019

 

Garden Conservancy Open Days in Mendocino County, CA
June 15, 2019

Herbs: The Multifunctional Workhorses of the Garden
an APLD Bay Area Speaker Series with Rose Loveall
at the Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, CA
June 26, 2019

Mendocino Coast Garden Tour
June 29, 2019


 

JULY

APLD International Design Conference
Seattle, WA
July 25-29, 2019

 
 

AUGUST

The 3rd Annual APLD Bay Area Designer Plant Fair
Lafayette, CA
August 13, 2019

Greywater Installer’s Course
Los Angeles, CA
August 14-18, 2019

 

APLD Bay Area  Panel Discussion: Beyond Design-Only
The Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, CA
August 28, 2019

 

SEPTEMBER

APLD Bay Area Autumn Celebration at UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley, CA
September 10, 2019

Garden Conservancy Open Days
San Jose, CA
September 14, 2019

 

Professional Designer’s Guide to Garden Furnishings, an APLD Bay Area presentation with Vanessa Gardner Nagel
Palo Alto, CA
September 25, 2019

Pacific Horticulture Society Tour of Tuscany
September 28-October 5, 2019

 

OCTOBER

The Best Trees for Small Bay Area Gardens, an APLD Bay Area Speaker Series with Laura Forlin
Lafayette, CA
October 8, 2019

UC Botanical Garden  Symposium “Connecting Plants and People, An Ethnobotanical Conversation”  
Berkeley, CA
October 11-12, 2019

APLD California Chapter Board Meeting at The Gamble Garden in
Palo Alto, CA
October 21, 2019

 

MWELO Headaches & Hiccups, an APLD Bay Area Designer Forum
Palo Alto, CA
October 23, 2019

What’s Out There Weekend San Diego, tours with TCLF
San Diego, CA
October 26-27, 2019

Dry Garden Design: the Continuing Legacy of the Ruth Bancroft Garden, a Horticultural Symposium in Walnut Creek. October 26-27. Save the date.

 

NOVEMBER

Pacific Horticulture Society Tour of Australia with Linda McKendry
November 5-19, 2019

Designing Custom Water Features, an APLD Bay Area Panel Discussion
Lafayette, CA
November 12, 2019

 

ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
San Diego, CA
November 15-18, 2019

Cool Coloring Techniques, an APLD Bay Area Panel Demonstration
The Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, CA
November 20, 2019