Our Mission

Promoting the stewardship of our natural environment through field-based botanical services.

News

Our 2024 workshop schedule is now available!  (Jan 1 2024)

Workshops often fill up so register soon to secure your space in a class! If you have any questions, reach out to us at mail@botanytraining.com or call/text 317-430-6566.

 

**NEW MINI-CLASS THIS YEAR!**

In our Reading the Landscape course, we will look at patterns of vegetation development from chaotic early/damaged stages to mature/structured stages. We will discuss how vegetation development relates to which species occur in, and define, different stages of site maturity. We will also discuss how development of vegetation relates to development of soil. The class will be discussion/observation based, with the intention of getting beyond the concept of knowing individual plant identification and seeing big picture community dynamics and how communities form. These concepts help the processes which underpin community restoration and management gel with a general knowledge of the flora. In a fun way. 

Welcome

The Institute of Botanical Training provides botanical consulting services and plant identification workshops throughout the Midwestern United States. Our specialized services include high quality vegetation monitoring, rare and invasive plant surveys, floristic quality assessments, plant community mapping, management plans and botanical inventories.

We also offer several field-based plant identification workshops each year. During our workshops, we strive to teach as many plants as possible by encouraging familiarity with the flora through repetition and various exercises. Unlike most other plant identification courses, we focus almost exclusively on vegetative identification characters, rather than relying unnecessarily on flowers. Ultimately, participants gain a strong working knowledge of the regional flora. Please see our Course Descriptions to learn more.

Workshop Locations

Workshop Schedule

May 13–May 16, 2024 • Indianapolis, IN
Wetland Flora Workshop ($1000)
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May 21–May 24, 2024 • Rogers, AR
Wetland Flora Workshop ($1000)
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May 28–May 31, 2024 • Springfield, MO
Prairie Flora and Ecology ($1000)
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Jun 5–Jun 7, 2024 • Indianapolis, IN
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes ($1000)
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Jun 10–Jun 13, 2024 • Indianapolis, IN
Wetland Flora ($1000)
Closed - Class Full - See May class above

Jun 14–Jun 14, 2024 • Indianapolis, IN
Reading the Landscape ($250)
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You can learn how to register to attend one of our sessions by clicking the REGISTER link. SPACES ARE LIMITED, SO REGISTER EARLY!

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