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The Newsletter o the Ecological Landscaping Association Vol. 14 , No. 1 Spring 2007

Lawns, Energy, and Health:

1 ReinventingtheLawn

4 LawnandGardenConeheads

4 NewWavesinLandscapeRemediation

6 GrowingaGreenLawnBusiness

7 SoilFoodWeb:CommonDenominator intheLandscape

10 ABraveNewWorld:FungiandOurFuture

12 Gleanings

13 Announcements

14 Unclassifeds

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With spring emerging at last rom another winter o atypical weather, it is time to

consider the lawn. Americas love aair with large, grassy spaces has led to huge invest-

ments o energy, and through synthetic maintenance regimes, an even larger detrimentto our ecological health. Let us be agents o change.

Reinventingthe Lawn

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References cited:

Colston, Burrell C., Native Alternatives to

Invasive Plants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden,2006.

Cook, Tom, Low Maintenance Turf? Or-

egon State University, revised, Jan. 2005

Smarr, Tom. Where Conservation and

Lifestyle Meet: Alternatives to Lawn

Obsession, New England Wild Flower

Society, 2007.

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The Ecological Landscaping

Association Wants You!

Once again, we want to let you know that we welcome motivated,

energetic individuals who support our mission and purpose to join us in de-

veloping and administering the programs and initiatives of our organization.

Our past success and the ability to improve and expand ELA in the future

depend on the support and involvement of many people. Your interests,

enthusiasm and talents may be just what are needed. Different opportunities

for participation are available:

Board of Directors The board is a core group of volunteers who

do the month-to-month work to keep the organization healthy, growing and

vital: policy setting, program development, strategic planning and nancial

management. Were especially looking for people with some experience

in nance, grant writing and fundraising, computer technology, marketing,

public relations and organizational development. The board generally meets

once per month between September and April.

Committees The various committees play a vital role in carrying

out the work of the organization. Participation on standing committees orhelping with specic projects might be something you could offer. Op-

portunities are available in conference planning, fundraising, publications,

national governance, public relations, board recruitment, membership

services, and on ad hoc committees. Creativity, enthusiasm, writing/commu-

nication skills, dedication, and of course, a little free time are what we need.

Do you have any to lend?

Getting involved is as simple as calling our phone line at (617) 436-

5838, or drop us a line at [email protected]. Let us know how and when

to reach you and we will get in touch.

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Further reading:

Soil Biology Primer by Elaine Ingham,

Andrew Moldenke and Clive Edwards.

Published by the Soil and Water Conser-

vation Society. 2000. Ankeny, Iowa.

Email: [email protected]

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the current ALB infestations can be found

here: http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/infes-

tation/index.html

The Asian longhorned beetle is a large

(1-1 inches long), shiny, black beetle

with white splotches on its back. Its

antennae have alternate black and white

bands and are 1 to 2 times the insects

body length. Look for damage caused by

ALB on hardwoods including maples,

horse chestnut, willow, poplar, and elm.

Exit holes created by the beetle are ap-

proximately inch in diameter and have

well-dened edges, resembling precisely

drilled holes. There are no pheromone

traps for ALB so we have 2 methods to

look for them. 1) Go to areas where solid

wood packing materials have entered

Massachusetts and look for signs of ALB.

2) Investigate ALB sightings reported

by the public. ALB was not detected inMassachusetts in 2006. 2007 ALB News:

A new infestation has been discovered

outside the current quarantine area in NY

on Pralls Island, an 80-acre, uninhabited

island lying between Staten Island, N.Y.,

and northern New Jersey. In Canada, an

additional 16 infested trees were found

within the current quarantine area in

Toronto in January.

The Sirex wood-wasp (Sirex noctilio) is

a native of Europe that attacks pine trees.

The adult wasp has a steel-blue, cylindri-cal body and is to 1 inches in length.

Males have a patch of orange on their

abdomen. The female wasp injects a toxic

mucus and fungus into the trees when

she oviposits eggs. The mucus and fungus

work together to kill the tree and provide

a suitable environment for the develop-

ing wasp. The rst detection of the Sirex

wood-wasp in the United State was in

2004 in Oswego County, New York. As

a result of surveys in 2005 and 2006

conducted by state and federal ofcials,the Sirex wood-wasp has been detected

in an additional 24 counties in New York

and 2 counties in Pennsylvania. The Sirex

wood wasp has also been reported in 6

locations in southern Ontario, Canada. In

Massachusetts, the MA Dept. of Agricul-

tural Resources and MA Dept. of Con-

servation and Recreation are cooperating

with the USDA, APHIS and U.S. Forest

Service in conducting Sirex surveys. An

alpha/beta-pinene mixture is used to lure

the insects into a trap. To date we have found

no Sirex wood-wasps in Massachusetts.

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus pla-nipennis) was rst discovered in Michiganin June 2002. Since its initial discovery in

Michigan, emerald ash borer (EAB) has

been found in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and

Ontario, Canada. In order to limit the hu-

man-mediated spread of EAB, Michigan,Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are under a

federal quarantine that prohibits move-

ment of ash tree materials and hardwood

rewood outside the quarantine area. In

2003 infestations in Maryland and Vir-

ginia resulted from nursery stock brought

in from Michigan. Maryland has a state

quarantine in place to prevent move-

ment of materials that could harbor EAB.

The emerald ash borer is a golden green

beetle with darker, metallic emerald

green wing covers and is about inchin length. In the United States EAB has

attacked white ash (Fraxinus americana),

black ash (F. nigra), red ash (F. pensly-

vanica), green ash (F. pensylvanica var.

subintegerrima) and several horticultural

varieties of ash. Distinct S-shaped tunnels

beneath the bark are formed from larval

feeding. Adults emerge in June to early

July leaving D-shaped exit holes 3-4mm

in diameter in the bark.

For more information and photos of theseintroduced woodborers visit:

Asian Longhorned Beetle: http://mass-

nrc.org/pests/pestFAQsheets/asianlong-

horned.html

Emerald Ash Borer: http://massnrc.

org/pests/pestFAQsheets/emeraldashborer

html

Sirex Wood-Wasp: http://mass-

nrc.org/pests/pestFAQsheets/

european%20woodwasp.htm

This pest alert is from the Massachu-

setts Introduced Pests Outreach Project,

a collaborative project between the

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural

Resources and the UMass Extension Ag-

riculture and Landscape Program aimed

at preventing the establishment of new

pathogens and pests in Massachusetts.

Visit the project website (http://www.

massnrc.org/pests).

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Miscanthus, Ornamental andInvasive Grass

This is an information site about Miscan-

thus, an ornamental grass that has natural-

ized and invaded native plant communi-

ties in parts of the United States. This site

has been prepared as part of a research

project in coordination with University of

Minnesota and the National Park Service.

Ornamental cultivars ofMiscanthus sinen-

sis should only be planted in managed

landscapes where they can be watched

for self-seeding.

Mary Hockenberry Meyer, Professor of

Horticultural Science at UMN. Visit http://

horticulture.coafes.umn.edu/miscanthus

Woodborer Update: Asian Long-horned Beetle, Emerald Ash Borer,And Sirex Wood Wasp

(March 21, 2007):

Wood boring insects have arrived to the

United States though solid wood packing

materials in shipments of foreign goods.

Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora

glabripennis), emerald ash borer (Agrilus

planipennis), and Sirex wood wasp (Sirex

noctilio) are three introduced wood-bor-

ing insects currently affecting the United

States. The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB)

was introduced to North America in

solid wood packing material from China.

ALB was rst reported by a resident of

Brooklyn, NY in 1996. Since that time

it has been found in Chicago (1998),

New Jersey (2002), and Ontario, Canada

(2003). Eradication projects are being

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Massachusetts Arbor DayCelebration to Feature Tree

Plantings across theCommonwealth

Urban Youth Take Action against Global

Warming and For Community Health

Urban youth groups will plant more than

200 trees, 100 in Boston and the rest

distributed across 12 other municipali-

ties: Belmont, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall

River, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, New

Bedford, Quincy, Somerville, Springeld

and Worcester. This statewide Arbor Day

celebration on Friday, April 27, 2007 will

be coordinated by Eagle Eye Institute

in partnership with the Massachusetts

Coalition of YouthBuild USA and is

funded in large part by an Urban Forestry

Challenge grant from the DCR as part of

a nine-month Green Industries Career

Pathway program conducted by Eagle Eye

Institute. The tree planting celebration at

each site is expected to draw state and

local leaders in the public, private and

non-prot sectors, as well as local youth

and community members. All sites have

been chosen with an emphasis on restor-

ing equity across the city, planting treesin areas where they are needed most,

primarily in low-income neighborhoods,

where tree canopy has traditionally been

low, and where the increased shade and

health effects of these trees will be well-

appreciated. Were extremely excited

to be partnering with the Massachusetts

YouthBuild Coalition to coordinate this

tree planting effort on a statewide level

for this years Arbor Day, said Eagle

Eye Institute Executive Director Renee

Toll-DuBois. The events bring togetherlocal youth, professional arborists, and

government and community leaders and

will demonstrate how important trees are

for the overall health of our communities.

As active participants in the plantings, the

local youth gain valuable experience and

training, bringing to life our slogan that

we are planting roots for our future.

For more information on the 2007

Massachusetts Arbor Day celebration,

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including sponsorship information, please

contact Rene Toll-DuBois or Emma

Lathan at Eagle Eye Institute at (617)

666-5222 or [email protected] or

visit Eagle Eye Institutes website at www.

eagleeyeinstitute.org

GO WILD withThe Art of Livable Landscapes

Symposium

New England Wild Flower Society marks

the 75th anniversary ofGarden in the

Woods in 2007, beginning with The

Art of Livable Landscapes Symposium

on Friday, May 18, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Natick,

MA, three of Americas inuential horti-

culture and design visionaries come to-

gether to discuss the coming revolution in

native plants as artistic garden features,

as expressions of regional identity, and

as key components of livable sustainable

environments. The symposium promises

to fuel creative inspiration and bring pow-

erful design ideas to clients, and to our

gardens. A luncheon follows the morn-

ing programs. The symposium includesa rst-hand preview of the Gardens new

exhibit, ART GOES WILD: Innovation

with Native Plants, with the artist, W.

Gary Smith, followed by an informal

Garden reception.

Rick Darke speaks on Native Plants

and Livable Landscapes. He invites us for a

fresh look at the native theme and the op-

portunities for creating and conserving truly

livable regional landscapes. His books, The

American Woodland Garden: Capturing the

Spirit of the Deciduous Forestand his latest,The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable

Landscapes, are both available for signing

and purchase at the event.

In Artistic Approaches to Design,

award-winning landscape architect W.

Gary Smith explores the intersection of

ecological design and artistic abstraction,

where plants and other artful materials si-

multaneously reach their sustainable and

aesthetic potential. In 2005 he completed

the Gardens Master Plan for the Lady Bird

Johnson Wildower Center in Austin,

Texas. Smith lives in Toronto, Ontario.

New England Wild Flower Societys

Executive Director Gwen Stauffer dis-

cusses the synergistic roles of private

and public gardens in helping to achieve

effective plant conservation in Cultural

Landscapes and Plant Conservation.

Prior to joining New England Wild Flowe

Society in 2005, Stauffer was Executive

Director of Gardens at Calloway Gardens

in Georgia.

Symposium participants will board

motor coaches for a short ride to Gar-

den in the Woods and a special preview

tour of ART GOES WILD: Innovation

with Native Plants. W. Gary Smith will

introduce the exhibit, which opens to

the public on May 19th. This exhibit runs

until October 31.The New England Wild Flower Society

is pleased to co-sponsor The Art of Liv-

able Landscapes with Arnold Arboretum

of Harvard University, Massachusetts Hor-

ticultural Society, and Wellesley College

Friends of Horticulture. The symposium

fee is $125 for members of the Society

and co-sponsoring institutions, and $150

for non-members. The fee includes park-

ing, morning/afternoon refreshments,

luncheon, and transportation to and from

Garden in the Woods for the exhibit andreception. Please register by calling New

England Wild Flower Society at 508-877-

7630 ext. 3303 or by emailing registrar@

newfs.org. Special symposium lodging

rates on Thursday and Friday are available

at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Call 508-653-8800 for reservations.

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Smart Growth Resources forMassachusetts Cities and Towns

This booklet from the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts provides a comprehensive

listing of nancial and technical resources

for cities and towns interested in promot-

ing smart growth. The publication is pro-

duced by the Ofce of Commonwealth

Development (OCD), which integrates

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Native Plants in the Landscape

17th Annual Conference will be held at Mill-

ersville University, Millersville, PA, June 7-9,

2007. Topics include: Green Architecture &

Biophilia, Sustainable Residential Property,

Garden Design Inspired by Plant Communi-

ties, Restoring Diversity in Your Garden. For

more info: www.millersvillenativeplants.org

Sustainable Local Agriculture Series

Sustainable Local Agriculture Series Part

I: Wednesday, May 16th at 7pm, at NRWA.

Local Sustainable Agriculture versus Fac-

tory Farming: the Future for America with

Jack Kittredge (Social Action Coordinator

for MA NOFA and organic farmer in Barre,

MA) and Kim Greenough (New Beginnings

Farm in Townsend, MA) who will also ad-

dress grass-fed livestock systems.

Sustainable Local Agriculture Series

Part II: tentative date, Thursday, May 24th

at 7pm, at NRWA. Heirloom / Heri-

tage-Breed (Rare and Endangered) Farm

Animals.

NEW: Sustainable Local Agriculture Series

Part III: tentative date, Tuesday, June 5th at

7pm, at NRWA. Introduction to Permacul-

ture: Ecological Vision, Design System, and

Global Movement with Dave Jacke who

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since the 1970s, and has run Dynamics

Ecological Design rm. For more info: his

website Edible Forest Gardens.com is

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information on the vision, ecology, design,

and stewardship of perennial polycultures of

multipurpose plants in small-scale settings.

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Economic Development

Bicycle and Pedestrian

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