Grow Native! Master Class: Advanced Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management

How do native plants unlock the greatest potential of functional green infrastructure? Join MDC’s Community Conservation Planner, Ronda Burnett, for this Grow Native! Master Class focused on native plant solutions for stormwater management. This master class will zero-in on the role of native plants in managed stormwater systems and will match plant species with management practices based on project objectives. Additional ecosystem services provided by this type of green infrastructure will be discussed including those that benefit people and wildlife.

Ronda Burnett has been a Community Conservation Planner with the Missouri Department of Conservation as for almost twenty years. She holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and a Master of Urban, Environmental, and Land Use Planning from the University of Kansas. Ronda is the author of the award-winning reference manual, Conservation Planning Tools for Missouri Communities, published as a guide for urban planners in 2018. Currently, Ronda serves on the Missouri Chapter board of the American Planning Association, is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and is Chair of the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s Grow Native! Committee.

Cost: Free to all MPF dues-paying members and Grow Native! professional members, or $15 for non-members. Master class fees go to support our non-profit conservation work. Visit our MPF membership page to become a member and attend all master classes for free!

For landscape architects that participate in the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System, this master class meets the LA CES health, safety and welfare definition and counts for 1 PDH. Register at the link below by November 19 and see details about earning LA CES here.

Photo of rain garden in Frontenac, Missouri by Carol Davit