Washington, DC Native Garden Design Discussion with Designer Larry Weaner

Wild Ones is proud to offer a free to use, professionally designed, native garden plan specific to the Washington, DC ecoregion created by Larry Weaner. The design was created with the premise that using native plants in landscaping can be beautiful, beneficial, and achievable for people of all skill levels and budgets.

Join Larry Weaner, and host Matthew Ross (the executive director of The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park), as they discuss Weaner's creative approach to developing his plan, insights on site preparation and plant selection as well as some how-tos for landscaping in the Washington, DC area.

The design can be viewed and downloaded from Wild Ones’ website: https://nativegardendesigns.wildones.....

Native plant communities do critical work supporting pollinators, providing food and habitat for wildlife, reducing erosion, mitigating flooding, sequestering carbon, conserving and purifying water, repairing soil, and enhancing the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of people of all ages.

It’s crucial that we re-examine our approach to stewarding the spaces we own (our yards), as well as the public spaces in our communities. We need to adopt landscaping methods that are sustainable and promote the health and wellbeing of all forms of life. We hope our free, native garden plans inspire, encourage, and motivate individuals throughout the United States to make this important shift in their approach to landscaping. Nature is depending on the participation of all of us.

Larry Weaner received his Associates degree in Ornamental Horticulture from Pennsylvania College of Technology. He founded Larry Weaner Landscape Associates in 1982 and gained a national reputation for combining ecological restoration with garden design traditions. In 2008 he received the top three design awards from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, and his work has been profiled in many regional and national publications. An active guest lecturer for horticultural and environmental organizations throughout the U.S, he developed New Directions in the American Landscape, a conference series dedicated to advancing the art and science of natural landscape design.

The Washington, DC design is a part of a larger initiative (Wild Ones Native Garden Designs Program) to create free, beautiful, nature friendly, native garden plans in a variety of ecoregions across the United States. The program provides designs for the ecoregions of Boston, Chattanooga, Chicago, Columbia River Basin, Denver/Front Range, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Lafayette, Las Cruces, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Princeton, St. Louis, Tallahassee, Toledo, Tucson and Washington, DC.

In addition to providing free, region-specific, native garden design templates, Wild Ones achieves our mission by supporting the grassroots efforts of 100+ nationwide Wild Ones chapters representing over 8,000 members in 29 states, providing resources and online learning opportunities that are free and open to the public, awarding Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education grants that engage youth in planning, planting and caring for educational native plant landscapes and publishing a quarterly award-winning digital journal featuring valuable native plant information and resources.

Joining a Wild Ones chapter can provide valuable support and camaraderie along your native landscaping journey: https://members.wildones.org/join/.

To see a full list of Wild Ones chapters, visit: https://wildones.org/chapters/.

Wild Ones depends on membership fees, donations and gifts from individuals and businesses to help heal the Earth, one landscape at a time. Donate now: https://wildones.org/get-involved/don....