ILI CPD Webinar | Rewilding & the Biodiversity Crisis by Pádraic Fogarty, 13:00 – 14:00 Thursday 13th February and an opportunity to meet up in-person for the
ILI Guest Lecture | ‘The Role of Future Landscape Researchers and Designers’ – by Professor Wolfgang Wende, 18:00 – 19:30 Wednesday 19th February at The Spencer Hotel’s Orion Suite, Dublin 1
ILI CPD Webinar | Rewilding and the Biodiversity Crisis by Pádraic Fogarty
Date: 13:00 – 14:00 Thursday 13 Feb 25
Pádraic will help us see all the free and ignored services that are provided by biodiversity – soil regeneration, water treatment, air conditioning, waste disposal, flood control and carbon sequestration.
Book your ticket | ILI Members & students FREE | Non-members €10
Biography
OPENFIELD’s founder, Pádraic Fogarty, has an MSc in Environmental Protection (Sligo IT), a BSc in Analytical Science (DCU), and diplomas in Geography & Environment (OU) and Field Ecology (UCC). He has nearly 20 years experience in industry and consultancy.
ILI Lecture | ‘The Role of Future Landscape Researchers and Designers’ – by Professor Wolfgang Wende
Date: 18:00 – 19:30 Wednesday 19 Feb 25
The Spencer Hotel’s Orion Suite, Excise Walk, IFSC, Dublin 1
The transformation of our society towards truly sustainable development will necessarily have a huge impact on our landscapes.
Clearly, their appearance is set to undergo large-scale changes; equally, the protection of the ecological functions of nature, landscape and ecosystems will become more central to our discipline of landscape architecture than previously. Regenerative energy landscapes, industry 4.0 landscapes and the large-scale restoration of ecosystems and habitats for biodiversity are all developments that pose major challenges for landscape architects.
Who else, apart from landscape architects, with their expertise, can deal with the spatial planning of thousands of wind turbines and new power lines for energy supply?
Who else, apart from landscape architects, should and can, for example, restore 20% of degraded ecosystems in every EU member state?
Who else, apart from landscape architects, can make a substantive and positive contribution to future landscape transformations?
Book your ticket | ILI Members & students FREE | Non-members €15
Biography
Professor Wolfgang Wende, Head of Research Area Landscape, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden University of Technology)
Details of Professor Wende’s experience and published papers can be found on the: ILI Event Page
ILI EVENTS IN MARCH
National Tree Week 9-16 March 2025
ILI CPD WEBINAR | ‘Trees of the Phoenix Park’ by John A. McCullen
1-2pm Thursday 13 March 2025
John A. McCullen graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) with a first class honours degree in horticulture in 1970 followed by an M.Sc. in Landscape Ecology, Design and Maintenance from Wye College London University. In 2007 he was awarded a PhD by the University of Dublin (History of Art Dept., Trinity College) for his thesis on the Landscape History and Management of the Phoenix Park from 1800 – 1880.
Retiring as chief park superintendent (Office of Public Works, OPW) in 2012, John had been responsible for the management and conservation of the Phoenix Park for almost 25 years. He was also involved in the conservation and restoration of many of the OPW’s Historic Parks and Gardens during this period.
John is author of ‘An illustrated history of the Phoenix Park (Landscape and Management to 1880)’, published in 2009 and co-author of ‘A Manual of Urban Trees (1982)’ with Richard Webb. More recently he has authored ‘The Phoenix Park: An illustrated history of its Landscape and Management 1880 – 1980’ which has just been published by the OPW.
‘The Phoenix Park – an illustrated history of its landscape and management, 1880 – 1980’ by John A. McCullen
This book explores the history and evolution of the Phoenix Park, a site of cultural, recreational, and historical importance. From its infrastructure—gate lodges, cycling paths, and utilities—to its landscapes shaped by gardeners and horticulturists this text examines the chronicles of the Phoenix Park.
Available at wordwellbooks.com
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ILI CPD Webinar | Turning the grey to green: plant driven design in Sheffield by Sally O’Halloran Associate Professor Norwegian University of Life Sciences
1-2pm Thursday 27 March 2025
The Grey to Green in Sheffield, is the UK’s largest retro-fit SuDS project. It is an award winning project for multiple reasons but this talk will look at it in terms of planting design.
With plant-driven design led by landscape architect Zac Tudor and Prof. Nigel Dunnett it has led the way to inspire spaces in cities that are more than just about managing water runoff. This talk will look at their approach and how you might turn the grey to green in your projects.
Sally O’ Halloran has been involved in horticulture/landscape management for over 30 years in a career that has seen her gain experience both operational (NBG Glasnevin, Longwood Gardens in America, RHS Wisley) and managerial (Kilkenny Castle Park, Emo Court and Heywood Gardens in Laois) in public gardens worldwide and most recently in higher education in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway.
Having trained and worked in the ‘Sheffield School’ her teaching and research focus is on plants used by landscape professionals in urban and rural landscapes and how they can be used to develop resilient and high-impact planting designs.
Book your ticket | ILI Members & students FREE | Non-members €10
