LEARNING LABS

2024 Learning Labs Coming Soon!

Below are learning lab highlights from 2023.

Beyond lectures, the symposium offers attendees hands-on training dubbed as Learning Labs. The labs aim to provide a competitive edge and a realistic perspective of the rising needs of homeowners who expect more from their outdoor spaces and how to meet those needs. Each presentation has been approved for ASLA and AIA continuing education credits.

  • Living Walls

    1 L.A.C.E.S. Credit

    1 AIA Credit

    Attendees will leave with the knowledge of how living green walls bring the research-based benefits of biophilic design and its positive effect on human well-being and productivity into the built environment and the critical design considerations when specifying a high-performing and sustainable living green wall.

  • Optimize Your Piloting Skills with a Drone

    1 L.A.C.E.S. Credit

    1 AIA Credit

    During a 1-hour Learning Lab, you will have the opportunity to learn about drone regulations, how to operate a drone, and how it can help you achieve your business goals. If you are interested, you will be placed in a small group with others who have similar drone experience and have the opportunity to operate a variety of drones and see what they can do!

  • The Sensory Nature of Therapeutic Design

    1 L.A.C.E.S. Credit HSW

    1 AIA CES Credit

    Our daily lives are shaped by multi-sensory experiences that help us to organize our emotions and behaviors, to learn, and to interact with the world. This hands-on workshop is intended to provide a base understanding of the importance of a well-integrated sensory system and how, through a thoughtful design process, it can be incorporated into residential garden design for people of all ages and abilities. Session attendees are asked to bring drawings of current or past projects that can be reviewed together to explore strategies for enhanced multi-sensory opportunities.

    Lessons

    1. Understand the connections between the sensory systems and emotions and behaviors.

    2. Recognize the importance of considering all the sensory systems when designing.

    3. Take away ideas to apply this knowledge to residential garden design.