ELA Regenerative Solutions for Resilient Landscapes Conference

Thursday, November 14, 8:00am-4:00pm eastern

Delaware Center for Horticulture

1810 N Dupont Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
This will be a hybrid event with a virtual option for participation

CEU’s: This program has been approved for 3 LA CES credits and 4 AOLCP credits. Additional credits will be posted here.

Delving into the meaning of our conference title, this conference features expert speakers on the subjects of designing, installing, maintaining, researching, and experiencing regenerative and/or resilient landscapes in the context of ecological functionality in the age of climate change.

Speakers include:

Kesha Braunskill – USDA Forest Service
Kesha Braunskill serves as an Urban and Community Forestry Specialist with the USDA Forest Service. In her role, Kesha works closely with grant recipients in the mid-Atlantic states with community forestry related projects. Prior to working for the USFS, Kesha served as the State Program Coordinator for the Delaware Forest Services’ Urban and Community Forestry program. Kesha’s professional background includes ecology, wildlife, and academia. Kesha continues to stay active outside of work as a beadwork artist and an advocate of black and indigenous history, culture, and environment.

Kelly Gutshall – Land Studies, Inc.
Kelly Gutshall, RLA, ASLA is president of LandStudies, Inc., an ecological restoration design/build firm providing design, engineering, construction, and maintenance services throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Kelly and her team of 45 professionals including Landscape Architects, Engineers, Scientists and Restoration Ecologists, have pioneered solutions that utilize floodplain restoration and functional natural landscapes to solve some of the most pressing water resource and bio-diversity issues of our time. She particularly enjoys working collaboratively with community leaders at the local and state levels to help change perceptions about the landscape from purely aesthetic, to one of working, functional environments. Among other awards, in 2019, she was recognized by PennFuture with a Lifetime Achievement in Conservation for her contributions to the environment, community, water quality, land protection and conservation.

Eva Monheim – Verdant Earth Educators
Eva Monheim is a speaker and an award-winning educator. She is a faculty member at Longwood Gardens for the Professional Horticulture Program and Continuing Education Department. She was an assistant professor at Temple University where she taught numerous subjects to undergraduate and graduate students in horticulture and landscape architecture. Monheim’s other endeavors in the green industry are the award-winning The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast which is heard in over 110 countries. She is the author of Shrubs & Hedges: Discover, Grow, and Care for the World’s Most Popular Plants, which was nominated by The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries for outstanding contributions to the literature of horticulture. Monheim is co-principal of Verdant Earth Educators, LLC (VEE) a company that writes educational documents and standards, SOPs, landscape management plans, and trains professionals in the green industry.

Adam Welz – Author, The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Change
Adam Welz is a South African writer, nature conservation consultant, photographer and filmmaker. He’s the author of The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown (Bloomsbury 2023), a groundbreaking book that explores the impacts of climate change on wild species and natural ecosystems. Welz was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa, and has lived, worked and travelled on six continents, including extended periods in the United States. He consults on conservation projects and is an experienced birder and keen all-round naturalist. His writing focuses on wildlife, nature conservation and climate change, and has appeared in numerous publications worldwide including The Guardian, The Atlantic and Yale Environment 360. He’s directed, shot, researched and scripted a number of movies (mostly documentaries) and is seldom far from a stills camera or two. He lives in Cape Town with his wife, Sarah, and their rambunctious triplet daughters.

Member pricing is available for current ELA members. To check your membership status and find your Subscription (Member) number, visit your member profile on the ELA website.

Are you interested in sponsoring the Regenerative Solutions for Resilient Landscapes Conference? All sponsorships include complimentary registrations to attend. Those registrations can be either virtual or in-person. Sponsor logos will be displayed on the event webpage, included in communications to attendees, social media posts, and displayed throughout the day during breaks between sessions.

The sponsorship levels outlined below can be purchased through the registration page

• Conservation Sponsor (nonprofit): $250 | One complimentary registration
• Bronze Sponsor: $750 | Exhibitor table and two complimentary registrations
• Silver Sponsor: $1,500 | Exhibitor table and two complimentary registrations, company logo on event signage, and one banner ad in an upcoming ELA Bulletin
• Gold Sponsor: $2,500 | All Silver benefits, plus a one year company level membership, company logo displayed on podium, and an opportunity to address the audience during the event