New Directions in the American Landscape

Scott Woodbury is the Manager of the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at Shaw Nature Reserve, where he has been developing the garden for 29 years. Scott teaches native landscape practices classes for Native Plant School, MSD’s Project Clear, Grow Native!, St. Louis Master Gardeners and St. Louis Community College. He is a regular speaker, writer and consultant on native landscaping throughout the region. He currently serves as advisor to the horticulture program of St. Louis Community College, Grow Native! and Wild Ones St. Louis. He received a BS degree in horticulture at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has worked at various public gardens including Old Westbury Gardens in New York, Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, Castello Di Uzzano in Italy, and Tudor Place in Washington D.C.

Laurel Harrington, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C is a licensed landscape architect with over 28 years of experience in campus development, urban design, and redevelopment planning. Laurel is the Vice President for Emerging Professional for the St. Louis Chapter ASLA and on the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers Diversity Committee. She has written award-winning master plan documents and has been a presenter at national and regional conferences including American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA), and Society for College and Urban Planning (SCUP). She is a founding member of the Washington University Sam Fox School Master of Landscape Architecture Advisory Council. Laurel received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Cum Laude from Michigan State University.

Larry Weaner, FALPD, president and founder of Larry Weaner Landscape Associates, established New Directions in the American Landscape in 1990. He is nationally recognized for combining expertise in horticulture, landscape design, and ecological restoration. His design and restoration work spans more than twenty US states and the UK, and has been profiled in national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Garden Design, American Gardener, Wildflower Magazine, and ASLA’s “The Dirt” blog. Larry has presented at American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual and state chapter meetings, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) events, and many others. His book, Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (2016) received an American Horticultural Society Book Award in 2017.

Photo by Kim Sokoloff