Eco-Friendly Landscaping Blog
Invasive Plants in New York
Invasive Plants in New York: What Homeowners Need to Know (and What to Plant Instead). Landscapes in New York should be thriving, biodiverse, and full ...
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Low Maintenance Backyard Landscaping Ideas
Low Maintenance Backyard Landscaping Ideas (Using Only Native Plants). If you want a backyard that’s beautiful, ecologically sound, and actually low maintenance, the secret isn’t ...
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Matrix Planting
Matrix Planting What Is Matrix Planting? Matrix planting is a design approach where a dominant, continuous ground layer supports and stabilizes a comparatively smaller number ...
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Edible Landscapes
Edible Landscapes: Where Beauty and Nourishment Meet. An edible landscape is a garden designed to feed both people and place. It basically blends food-producing plants ...
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Right Plant, Right Place
Right Plant, Right Place. “Right Plant, Right Place” is a simple phrase that carries so much ecological wisdom. It describes the foundation of good garden ...
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Wildlife garden
A wildlife garden is not simply a planting style. It is a deliberate decision to design a landscape that functions as habitat. Birds, pollinators, amphibians, ...
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The Grue Jay
The Grue Jay. Reports from Texas birding communities have sparked excitement and debate. Observers recently documented what appears to be a rare Blue Jay × ...
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Asclepias tuberosa (Orange Butterflyweed)
Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias tuberosa, commonly known as Orange Butterflyweed, stands apart from many other Milkweed species. Unlike its moisture-loving relatives, Butterflyweed thrives in dry, sunny, ...
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Wetland Gardening Inspiration
Wetland Gardening Inspiration Wetland gardening is the practice of designing landscapes that celebrate moisture rather than resist it. Instead of forcing poorly drained soils to ...
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Soft Landings
Soft Landings: A Better Way to Care for Trees and Build Habitat The practice of designing “soft landings” is transforming how ecologically minded gardeners care ...
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Climate resilient corporate landscaping
Climate-resilient corporate landscaping. Climate resilient corporate landscaping is a lot more than an exterior upgrade or capital gains. (Although those tangible gains are very welcome ...
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Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Blue Lobelia Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) stands out as one of the most luminous blue-flowering native perennials for late summer gardens. Vertical spikes of saturated ...
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Bioswales
Bioswales are one of the most elegant solutions in modern ecological landscaping. At their core, bioswales are shallow, vegetated channels that slow, capture, filter, and ...
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Regenerative Landscaping
Regenerative Landscaping Regenerative LandscapingHumans have a regenerative gear. We just need to use it. Most modern interactions with the land are quietly degrading. People mow, ...
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Bigleaf Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
Bigleaf Aster: A Resilient Native for Shade, Soil, and Subtle Beauty. Bigleaf Aster (Eurybia macrophylla) is one of the quiet workhorses of the native plant ...
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