Discover the power of ecological garden design in this free national webinar, Living in the Liberated Landscape: My Yard, with award-winning landscape designer Larry Weaner. This webinar offers a personal look at how dynamic, self-sustaining landscapes can emerge when we partner with nature instead of control it. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience, Larry will share practical strategies for designing dynamic gardens that evolve naturally, support biodiversity, and bring lasting beauty to your yard.
About the Webinar
All too often in our gardens and landscapes, we think of static compositions of carefully placed and managed plants. But our approach can be more dynamic—and arguably more rewarding than that — by taking advantage of plants’ natural abilities to reproduce and proliferate. Learn how to design gardens that consider the reproductive abilities of plants, the ecological processes that affect those plants, and the wildlife that those plants can support. Drawing from 35 years of observation and analysis on his home property, Larry will show how this interactive approach can result in experientially rich, easily managed landscapes that give new meaning to the phrase “partnership with nature.
About the Presenter
Larry Weaner
Principal + Founder, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates
Founder, New Directions in the American Landscape
Honorary Director, Wild Ones (2022-2025)
Larry Weaner is an award-winning landscape designer and nationally recognized leader in ecological landscape practice. Since founding Larry Weaner Landscape Associates in 1982, his work has spanned over 20 states and the U.K., blending ecological restoration with the traditions of garden design. His projects have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and many others.
In 1990, Larry launched New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), a groundbreaking educational series that has become a cornerstone for professionals advancing ecology-based design. He is also the co-author of Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (Timber Press, 2016), which received the American Horticultural Society’s Book Award in 2017.
Larry’s accolades include the Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award, the APLD Award of Distinction, and the American Horticultural Society’s Landscape Design Award. He is an honorary member of the Garden Club of America and serves as an Honorary Director for Wild Ones.
