Native Landscaping 101
A Free, In-Person Program for Home Gardeners
Presented by Larry Weaner and Sara Weaner Cooper
Part Two: Landscapes Open House in Blue Bell & Erdenheim, PA
Saturday, September 13th, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Participants will stop by Larry’s over 30-year-old woodland landscape and Sara’s 3-year-old organic lawn-turned-meadow.
Register by: Saturday, September 13th, 2025
Please note: This program is Open House-Style, meaning participants are welcome to come and go at the two residences. There will be no formal instructional schedule, but the hosts will be at their respective landscapes to explain their process and answer questions.
Instructor Bios:
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Larry Weaner, FAPLD founded Larry Weaner Landscape Associates (based in Glenside, PA) in 1982 and its educational affiliate, New Directions in the American Landscape, in 1990. His nationally recognized work combines horticulture, landscape design, and ecological restoration, and spans more than twenty U.S. states and the U.K. His book, Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (Timber Press 2016), co-authored with Tom Christopher, received an American Horticultural Society (AHS) Book Award in 2017. In 2021 he received the AHS Landscape Design Award and the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) Award of Distinction.
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Sara Weaner Cooper is executive director of New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL). In 2024 NDAL received the American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award for Horticultural Innovation. Her and her husband Evan Cooper’s home landscape was featured in a BBC article in 2025 and The New York Times article in 2024. Sara has presented about their lawn-to-meadow transition for the Ecological Landscape Alliance’s Annual Conference, Grow Native MA, and the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society. Sara holds a M.A. in anthropology and education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in anthropology and education from Bryn Mawr College. One of her long-term goals is to work with educators & students on transdisciplinary, eco-cultural curricula.
“Excellent as always!”
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