The Holy Grail of naturalistic landscape design is to find a good replacement for the millions of acres of useless, energy and water-hungry non-native turf grass planted across North America. While tallgrass prairie communities have sadly been extirpated from much of North America, most people (and their neighbors) do not want 3-9 foot tall grasses […] Continue reading "Native Lawn"
We enjoyed tabling and meeting our friends in the North Alabama Native Plant society this past weekend. There was a huge turnout, a lot of enthusiasm for native plants and tons of native plants and seeds shared among the participants. We were excited to hear about new businesses starting up to support native landscaping in […] Continue reading "Successful Meetup!"
If you are just getting started with your native landscape design, Thomas Rainer will inspire you. Follow his principles to make emotionally appealing and functional landscapes. The entire presentation is fantastic, but I really like the part starting about the 26 min mark. Continue reading "Principles of Native Landscape Design"
Imagine a world called Fairyland where a good fairy bestows life to everyone in exchange for the right to exist peacefully among the rest of the world’s inhabitants. This is more than a fair exchange, because all life in Fairyland depends on the benevolence of the fairy. There are no political debates about whether to […] Continue reading "Awaken from the fairy tale"
Learn about Piet Oudolf’s ecologically mindful garden philosophy. Continue reading "Piet Oudolf: New Perennialism"