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  • Registration open! Ecology-based Landscape Practice 7-Part Virtual Intensive Course for Professionals | Live July-August 2025

    Join Landscape Designer Larry Weaner and native plant expert Ian Caton on a deep dive into the integration of restoration ecology and garden design. From technical instruction to personal anecdotes, Larry and Ian will share over 70 years of combined experience on the fine points of designing, planting, and managing ecology-based landscapes.

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Join us where science meets practice

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July - August 2025

Ecology-based Landscape Practice:
7-Part Intensive Virtual Course

Join Landscape Designer Larry Weaner and native plant expert Ian Caton on a deep dive into the integration of restoration ecology and garden design. From technical instruction to personal anecdotes, Larry and Ian will share over 70 years of combined experience on the fine points of designing, planting, and managing ecology-based landscapes. Participants will have the opportunity to compare notes and interact with instructors during two post-program conversational sessions.

Photo by Mark Weaner

Native Landscaping 101

with Larry Weaner

You’ll never look at gardening the same way once you’ve learned about ecology-based landscaping.

Video produced by NDAL’s Institutional Ally, Wild Ones, and accompanies their free Native Garden Designs resource.

About NDAL

New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) is an educational organization dedicated to the art, culture, and science of ecology-based landscape design and practice.

 

Scheduled Programs

Browse our upcoming virtual and in-person educational programs, and register to view recordings.

 

Sara Weaner Cooper’s lawn-turned-meadow, guided by Larry Weaner, featured in the BBC!

Author Ally Hirschlag explores the growing movement of “meadowscaping” and its benefits for people, wildlife and the climate.

 

We’re in The New York Times!

Author Margaret Roach explores how Sara Weaner Cooper and Evan Cooper used an unconventional, organic method to transition from lawn to native meadow.

 

NDAL receives the 2024 AHS award in Horticultural Innovation!

We are thrilled and honored to announce that NDAL has received the 2024 Horticultural Innovation Award by American Horticultural Society (AHS). This award is part of AHS’s annual Great American Gardeners Awards, in which six individuals/organizations are recognized. The Horticultural Innovation Award is presented to an individual/organization “whose innovations have made the field of horticulture more sustainable and accessible to all.”

 

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