Adirondack Native Plants Symposium: Building Resilient Landscapes
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Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 12 PM
SUNY Adirondack hosts the Adirondack Native Plants Symposium. Two tracts: one for home gardeners and those who handle small-scale projects, and the other for institutional and municipal green infrastructure management. Learn how your garden, neighborhood or community spaces could better support birds, pollinators and future generations.
- Designing functional native plant gardens
- Growing and using native plants as wild foods and medicine
- Regenerative agriculture for the home garden
- Climate forestry
- Ecology and highways
- Urban green spaces and mental health
- And more!
Featuring representatives from ITECA/University at Albany, NYS DOT and UVM, and Shanti Nagel, founder of Design Wild.
Questions? Please contact Kim London at londonk@sunyacc.edu. Contact SUNY Adirondack Continuing Education with any questions about registration at conted@sunyacc.edu.
Registration is $25 for the public, and free for staff and students at SUNY institutions. Space is limited, so register online as soon as possible to reserve your seat.
Check-in begins at noon; the symposium runs until 4:30 p.m. Location and schedule details are listed at adknativeplants.com.
This event is hosted by the SUNY Adirondack Agricultural Business Program and explores how native plants serve as living infrastructure by supporting biodiversity, strengthening climate resilience, reducing maintenance costs and enhancing community well-being.
Queensbury, New York