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Native Landscaping 101: An In- Person Program for Home Gardeners

September 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
You’ll never look at gardening the same way once you’ve learned about ecology-based landscaping.

Less weeding? Check

Less watering? Check

Less ongoing cost? Check

More personal engagement with the natural world? Triple Check

Learn the basics to this landscaping approach with award-winning Landscape Designer Larry Weaner. Participants will learn how ecology-based landscaping differs from traditional gardening including site-adapted native plant selection, nursery purchasing guidance, and light-touch planting and management techniques.

Sara Weaner Cooper will share the latest updates about her front landscape, an experimental yet highly successful organic lawn-to-meadow conversion that was featured in the BBC in 2025 and The New York Times in 2024

Part Two: Landscapes Open House. Sign up at the circ desk at Blue Bell Library (call or in-person) Sara will provide more information after the presentataion.