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The workshop will focus on developing knowledge and skills for recognizing, analyzing, and predicting general ecological characteristics for most habitats in the Southern Appalachians. The overall goal of this workshop/field trip combination is to provide participants with experience that can be applied to creating native designs in their gardens modeled on native ecology. Ecological factors, including geology, sunlight regimes, slope, aspect, hydrology, soil chemistry, and plant indicator species will be explored during the classroom session. The field trip will involve the use of maps, pH test kits, participant made shadow compasses, a native plant checklist, and an ecological survey form to analyze and document small plots in teams of three participants along a beautiful and floristically diverse trail beside the Blue Ridge Parkway near Balsam Gap, NC. Limited to 18 participants. Cost $150.00