Sustainable Business Network Meeting and Seminar

Posted by on May 30, 2003

July 8th Sustainable Business Network Meeting and Seminar at the Tyler Arboretum

Presented by the Habitat Diversity Building Block

The Habitat Diversity Building Block is hosting their first SBN informational and interactive meeting. We are working to promote, enhance, and protect ecosystem health. We are sustainable landscapers, restorationists, foresters, watershed preservationists and conservationists, growers, suppliers, organic lawn and landscape care technicians, nature centers and public gardens.

WHAT:

We will have a members’ meeting followed by a presentation and tour. The featured speaker will be Mark Gormel, a local nature photographer and native plant consultant. He will address the questions ? How do the choices you make in your garden effect sustainability and why is biodiversity important in your yard? Following the speaker, tours of the arboretum will be given.

WHEN:

July 8th, 2003

4:00PM ? 5:15PM SBN members’ meeting (guests welcome)

5:30PM ? 7:30PM Habitat Diversity Building Block Program and Tour

Optional Dinner at 8:00 in Media

(Plus, optional afternoon tour of North Creek Nurseries, see below)

RSVP to Merrian Fuller by June 30th for the SBN event and/or dinner by emailing merrian@SBNPhiladelphia.org. Please mention if you can provide a ride or need a ride to the event site, and we will arrange carpools.

WHERE:

Tyler Arboretum at 515 Painter Road, Media, PA 19063 Phone: 610-566-9134 e-mail: info@TylerArboretum.org

For directions go to http://www.TylerArboretum.org

The Tyler Arboretum is one of the oldest arboretums in our region. It is a six hundred fifty-acre property. Join us on a warm summer evening to tour the grounds and learn more about sustainable landscapes.

Afternoon Tour:
Dale Hendricks, SBN co-chair and owner of North Creek Nurseries invites SBN members and friends to an informal open house and garden tour from 12:30-3pm at the Landenberg Farm and office. Come visit our trial gardens, greenhouses and 1-year-old “plugged in meadow”. For directions see http://www.northcreeknurseries.com or 610-255-0100. Please do visit!