July 8, 2003
Sustainable Business Network
Meeting and Seminar at the Tyler Arboretum

The Sustainable Landscape & Habitat Diversity Building Block is hosting their first SBN informational and interactive meeting. They are working to promote, enhance, and protect ecosystem health. The Building Block includes 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 networking time, with wine and cheese, and a members' meeting followed by a presentation and tour of the Tyler Arboretum. The seminar will feature sustainable landscaping and habitat restoration businesses, and business opportunities in this field. The program includes a talk by Mark Gormel, a local nature photographer and native plant consultant. Additionally, SBN members are invited to an open house and tour at 2pm of Dale Hendricks business, North Creek Nurseries in Landenberg.

12:30-3:00pm
North Creek Nurseries Open House and 2pm tour

4:00-5:30pm
SBN members' networking & meeting with wine and cheese, guests welcome. Please bring $5 to cover wine and snacks.

5:30-7:30pm
Sustainable Landscape & Habitat Diversity Building Block Program & Tour

7:45pm
Optional Dinner at Teikoku a Japanese/Thai Fusion Restaurant in Newtown Square

The full agenda is below.

WHERE:
The event is being held at the Tyler Arboretum, 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 and how entrepreneurs in the Sustainable Landscape & Habitat Diversity Building Block are supporting the triple bottom line People, Planet, Profit. For directions go to www.TylerArboretum.org

AGENDA:

12:30-3:00pm
North Creek Nurseries invites SBN members and friends to an informal open house and garden tour at the Landenberg Farm and office. Come visit our trial gardens, greenhouses and 1-year-old "plugged in meadow". For directions see www.northcreeknurseries.com or 610-255-0100. Please do visit!

4:00-4:30pm
SBN networking reception with wine & cheese ($5 donation)

4:30-5:30pm
SBN members meeting, guests welcome

5:30-6:00pm
Executive Director of the Tyler Arboretum will welcome you and introduce you to the arboretum. SBN Co-Chair, Dale Hendricks, will share business stories, opportunities and ideas from the emerging field of Sustainable Landscape Design. This exciting and rapidly growing field also includes Landscape Architects and Designers, Municipalities, and Designers and Suppliers of Green Roofs.

6:00-6:40pm
The featured speaker will be Mark Gormel, a frequent lecturer, native plant consultant, musician and published photographer. He will address the questions How do the landscape choices you make affect sustainability? And why is biodiversity important in your yard or landscaping project?

6:45 - 7:30pm
Tours of the Arboretum

7:45pm
Optional Dinner at Teikoku a Japanese/Thai Fusion Restaurant in Newtown Square

RSVP to Merrian Fuller by June 30th for the
SBN event and/or dinner by emailing merrian@SBNPhiladelphia.org

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RSVP:
RSVP to Merrian Fuller
by June 30th for the SBN event and/or dinner by emailing merrian@SBNPhiladelphia.org

Presented by:
Presented by the Sustainable Landscape & Habitat Diversity Building Block