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

Name: Native Landscaping 101: An In- Person Program for Home Gardeners
Start: 2025-09-08T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-08T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Wissahickon Valley Public Library

Schedule

Mon Sep 08 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Wissahickon Valley Public Library | Blue Bell, PA

You'll never look at gardening the same way once you've learned about ecology-based landscaping.
About this Event

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.