Ladies in the Landscape at MANTS 2020

We meet regularly either on weeknights at/after 7:00 pm, or on Sunday afternoons. We are currently meeting virtually or in person following all CoVid protocols including social distancing and appropriate mask use.

2024 Membership Calendar

January 10, 2024, 12-1 pm – MANTS Meet-up – We will meet at the Cavano’s booth at noon. Bring your lunch, business cards/flyers, and a potential new LIL member. Wear your LIL nametag if you have one.

February 10, 2024, 2:3:30 pm – Annual Membership Meeting, plus Virtual Floral Cocktail/Mocktail recipes and demonstrations.

February 15-16Chesapeake Green ’24.Meet-up on Thursday at lunchtime. Vendor Table volunteers needed.

Mid-spring Date TBD (Live) – Tour of Brookside Gardens

June 14 (Live) – Serviceberry Festival Meet-up. Details to come.

July 13-16Cultivate ’24. Meet-up at the Women in Horticulture Luncheon. Wear your badge on July 15, 12-1:30 pm, $65/pp

Mid-Summer Date TBD (Live) – Tour of Kelly Billing’s Lotus Collection

Mid-Fall Date TBD (Live) – Green Witch Hat-making Activity

Early-Winter Date TBD (Live) – Longwood Gardens Christmas

More events are in the works. Stay tuned!

2023 Membership Calendar

January 12, 2023 – Meet-up at MANTS. Bring other potential new Ladies in the Landscape members with you. Meet on the second-floor Starbucks at 12 pm sharp (top of the main entrance escalators and turn left). Let’s get to know each other and please be ready to share what support you need, what opportunities you have or are looking for, and/or what types of collaboration you are interested in 2023. This meeting will last one hour. Feel free to bring your food with you.

February 12, 2023, 3 pm – Annual LIL Member’s Meeting at Babikow Greenhouses located at 7838 Babikow Road, Baltimore, MD, 21237. We will tour this iconic growing facility and vote for our 2023 LIL Officers. Please plan to attend. A quorum is required for voting. We will also discuss our 2023 event calendar. Bring your ideas and suggestions.

February 16, 2023, 12 pm – Meet-up at Chesapeake Green ’23 in the lunchroom. Bring fellow ladies working in the green industry. We will connect and network while enjoying the delicious food offerings of the Maritime Conference Center.

March 22, 2023, 6:30 pm – Webinar “Pollinator Meadows – Design, Install, and Manage” presented by Wendy Brister. The naturalistic meadow garden presents a unique set of benefits and challenges in the residential landscape. We will discuss installation techniques, management requirements, and design considerations based on client expectations. Case studies, including several highlighting my failures, will be shared. Please RSVP here by March 21, 2023.

Mastermind: ‘Passion Discounting, How to determine the fair market price for your services, and feel confident asking for the rate you deserve’. Bi-weekly virtual meetings from July-October 2023.

November 12, 2023, 1-3 pmMembership Meet-up at Thanksgiving Farm

December 10, 2-4 pmHoliday Craft Event: Dried flower shadow boxes.

2022 Membership Calendar

February 20, 2022 – Annual Meeting at Ecotone, Forest Hill, MD

March 27, 2022 – Private tour of the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR). More details to come.

July 10, 2022Private Tour of Mt. Cuba Tour starts at 12:30, BYO Picnic 11:00

October 23, 2022 – Patuxent Nursery- More details to come.

2023 – Save the Date – Annual Meeting at MANTS ’23, Baltimore Convention Center, January 11, 2023 – More details to come.

2021 Membership Calendar

January 10, 2021 – Cost-Effective Small Business Advertising Tips & Ideas by Kathy Jentz via WebEx

February 21, 2021 – LIL Annual Membership Meeting via WebEx

March 21, 2021 – BMP’s for your website & e-commerce by Wendy Brister via WebEx

April 18, 2021 – The Art and Science of the Pest Predictive Calendar by Virginia Rosenkratz, Eastern Shore UME via WebEx

May 16, 2021 – Raemelton Farm Tour, discussing organic growing with Angela Burke

June 13, 2021 – Summer Picnic at Joanne’s. Bring a fellow LIL in the industry – See emailed Flyer

July 18, 2021 – Headshot and biography creation event at Putnam Hill Nursery (updated 6/6/21)

August 22, 2021 – Farm Tour (TBD)

September 12, 2021 – Glenstone virtual presentation (for registered members only)

September 19, 2021 – Glenstone private tour (for registered members only)

October 17, 2021 – Australian cockroaches & orchid viruses by Carol Allen (Tentatively)

November 14, 2021 – Starting a new floriculture business: Entrepreneurship, personal confidence and the leap by Rachel Ross (Tentatively)

December 5, 2021 – Winter Celebration (Location TBD)