Director, Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler

A nationally recognized horticulturist, Stephanie Cohen’s expertise is herbaceous plants, specializing in perennials. A member of the Temple University faculty since 1980, she teaches Advanced Perennial Design and is the Acting Director of the Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler. The campus was officially designated an arboretum by the University Board of Trustees in March 2000. In April 2002, Ms. Cohen was presented with a Certificate of Honor Award from the Ambler College Alumni Association at the 2002 Temple University Founder’s Dinner, held as an annual tribute to University founder, Russell H. Conwell. At the 2002 meeting of the Perennial Plant Association in Chicago she received two awards, the Honor Award for Design and the Special Service Award. She was also awarded the Garden Communicator of the Year Award for 2000 and 2001 by the American Nursery and Landscape Association. Ms. Cohen is co-chair of the Perennial Plant of the Year program and a past board member of the Perennial Plant Association. She is a contributing editor for Country Living Gardener and a member of the advisory board of GreenScene, a publication of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. She contributed all of the designs to the book Easy Care Plants, which will be published in January by Meredith Books, and just completed designs for a book on annuals by Rodale Press. Her home gardens were highlighted in Better Homes and Gardens in November 2000 and in GreenScene in 2002. An article written by her on designing small spaces also appeared in American Nurseryman in December 2001. Ms. Cohen is an associated faculty member of the Temple University Ambler Center for Sustainable Communities. She is a member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums, the Morris Arboretum, the North American Rock Garden Society, and the Hardy Plant Society.