This document is a summary of the E+D: Ecology + Design Symposium that was held in November 2017 on the Penn State University Park campus. E+D is research initiative that addresses the need to fuse ecology and design in landscape architecture. Included in this publication are reflections on the conference by participating academics and practitioners, transcripts of their conversations with the community (and links to those videos), and next steps to move this important initiative forward at Penn State and beyond.