RDG offers educational opportunities through workshops, site visits, and presentations on ecological design, regenerative agriculture, nature-based solutions, and more.
Venues have included Smith College, UMass Amherst, Yale University, Wellesley College, Greenfield Community College, and regular meetings of professional organizations, including the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), Ecological Landscape Alliance (ELA), the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC), and Massachusetts Master Gardener Association.
Courses
RDG trains landscape designers through teaching in higher and continuing education institutions. Our expertise in regenerative design brings practical experience to scholarship. In turn, academic research and investigation significantly informs our professional practice.
Workshops
Workshops provide an opportunity to delve deeper into the landscape design process and look at examples of real world applications. RDG often uses productive landscapes that it has designed, built, and stewarded to demonstrate principles and best practices of regenerative landscape design, such as stormwater harvest and management, perennial food production, and wildlife habitat creation.
Hands-on Training
RDG provides practical training to students and the public in the areas of ecological design and planning, stewardship, and hands-on skill-building. We use charrettes to facilitate public participation in design processes and on-site training for community members volunteering to install public landscape projects.
