Eco-Friendly Landscaping Blog

How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden

How to Keep Rabbits Out of Your Garden. Basically, how to protect your new native plants without declaring war on wildlife. Congratulations straightaway! You’ve presently ...

The 70/30 Planting Rule

The 70/30 Planting Rule: What do Ecologists Think? “The 70/30 Planting Rule” is suddenly everywhere. Trendy garden designers are recommending that landscapes contain 70% native ...

Sustainable Landscape Development

Sustainable Landscape Development. What an opportunity we all have ahead of us over the next decade. The future is bright. As eastern NY cities, villages and ...

Natural Gardening

Natural Gardening. One benefit of a natural gardening practice is closer contact with nature. If you’ve wanted to hold a baby bunny, you may be ...

More Rain Gardens

More Rain Gardens. In spring a while ago, Jessecology designed and installed some rain gardens in Lake George. The gardens were created at an inn ...

Eco friendly Garden in Saratoga

Eco Friendly Garden in Saratoga In July of 2013 we designed and installed an eco friendly garden in Saratoga Springs, NY. The new, eco friendly ...

Do Plants Have Feelings?

Do plants have feelings? The mystery intrigues gardeners, ecologists, and anyone who spends time in nature. Ancient Christian legends teach that nature did not experience ...

Before + After Photos

Before + After Photos Before and after photos reveal how a garden grows into itself. They hint at transformation, momentum, and possibility. In native landscaping, ...

Railroad Ecosystems

Railroad Ecosystems: The Hidden Conservation Corridors Across the Landscape. When most people think of railroads, they soon think of transportation. Ecologists, however, generally recognize the ...

Are coffee grounds good for plants

Are Coffee Grounds Good for Plants? Are coffee grounds good for plants? Everyone wants to know: are coffee grounds good for plants? It’s one of ...

Urban Heat Islands

Urban Heat Islands: Why Cities Are Getting Hotter and How Native Plants Can Help. If you’ve ever walked across a blacktop parking lot on a ...

Before and After Photos

Before and After Photos Before and after photos reveal how a garden grows into itself. The photo series hints at transformation, momentum, and possibility. In ...

Free Audiobooks in NYS

Free Audiobooks in NYS: A Gift for Your Curious Mind PSA: Free Audiobooks in NYS. Did you know that free audiobooks in NYS are available ...

Patience Makes Gardens

Patience Makes Gardens In a culture that expects instant results, gardens quietly teach a rather different lesson. Healthy landscapes are not rushed. They are grown ...

Corporate pollinator garden projects

Corporate pollinator garden projects. Corporate Pollinator Garden Projects: Renewing the Local Ecosystem while Saving Money on Maintenance Costs. In general, corporate habitat garden projects are ...