Wildlife Garden Build in Clifton Park, NY.
We were honored to be asked to design and install a wildlife garden system at a townhouse in Clifton Park, NY. Basically, the existing gardens were uninspired and expired. Presently the townhouse is surrounded by such a beautiful wetland forest, the renovation was exciting to complete. The wildlife garden build quickly became a productive habitat spot with many songbird, butterfly and pollinator visits.
Natural Environment + Cooperating with Nature.
The property sits adjacent a wonderful, dark, swampy woodland area that has a bubbling stream. Indeed, it’s an unintentional nature preserve right in the backyard. Straightaway, when we began adding native plants, the property became instant habitat. Correspondingly, within minutes a complete ecosystem materialized. Everything wildlife need for their entire lifecycles is present. There’s food, water, shelter and safe places to raise their young. Subsequently there’s been an exponential increase in bird and butterfly presence and activity on the property. Building wildlife gardens in suburbia is often this automatic. All things considered, a wildlife garden is a safe refuge and much needed.
The summer we met this homeowner last summer, a ridiculous Lilac the bordered the west side of her fence line. A previous resident had planted it some 20+ years ago. Lilac is non-native. Therefore, the space is more productive and better served if replaced with native species. Last year we cut the Lilac down to improve the site for the habitat garden development.
Edit: this story has been changed from the original format for anonymity’s sake. Additionally to note we do not plant Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) in Saratoga County any longer.
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