Eco-Friendly Landscaping Blog

Urban gardening is a delightful oasis in a jungle of concrete.

Urban Gardening

Urban Gardening: Transforming City Spaces with Native Plants Urban gardening is more than just a trend—it’s a movement that’s transforming concrete jungles into vibrant green ...
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Our Monarch Butterfly Garden Kit is available for purchase now!

Monarch Butterfly Garden

Monarch Butterfly Garden Creating the Perfect Monarch Butterfly Garden: Beyond Milkweed Monarch butterflies are one of the most beloved pollinators in our gardens. Of course, ...
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Wildflower landscape installations are gorgeous and affordable.

Landscape Installation

Landscape Installation Landscape installation by professionals is a logical, connected second phase of the professional landscape design and planning process. In recent years, people have ...
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In an organic rain garden, a hummingbird visits.

Organic Garden

Organic Garden Lifestyle The Beauty and Benefits of Organic Gardens. In the hustle + bustle of modern life, there’s an ever-growing yearning to reconnect with ...
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native species plants are beautiful and life supporting.

Native Species Awakening

Native Species Awakening. Gardeners often have an unexpected learning curve when they begin to add native plants to their gardens. In springtime, when native species ...
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Jessecology removes invasive species at the wetland construction site.

Invasive Species in NY + Kindness

Invasive Species in NY + Kindness PRISM At Jessecology, we’ve been conscious of the environmental destruction and devastation that invasive species plants can cause for ...
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What is a rain garden?

What is a rain garden? From an article elsewhere on our blog: “Rain gardens are the future of stormwater management. Imagine a system that harnesses ...
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What are the benefits of native plants? Because they're the most beautiful plants in the world! For wherever you are.

Benefits of Native Plants

Benefits of Native Plants: Why use native plants? Top 5 Benefits of Native Plants. Biodiversity: Planting native species helps to support and enhance local biodiversity. ...
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Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Poison Ivy: A Misunderstood Native Plant with Hidden Benefits Toxicodendron radicans is often much hated by humans, known for causing rashes ...
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Bioretention ponds are a sophisticated feature of rain gardens.

Bioretention Pond

Bioretention Pond A bioretention pond is essentially a sophisticated feature of rain gardens. Not every rain garden needs a bioretention zone. Many rain gardens can ...
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Blue Lobelia works well in Delmar and Slingerlands, NY front yard pollinator gardens.

Front Yard Pollinator Garden

Front Yard Pollinator Garden The front yard pollinator garden movement is transforming our culture. Even HGTV has caught on to the will of the people ...
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Garden stewardship is hard work.

Garden Stewardship

Garden Stewardship. The Key to Eco-Garden Success: Good Garden Stewardship Practices. The first 3 years are everything. Creating an eco-garden filled with native plants is ...
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Jessecology sustainable gardening.

Sustainable Gardening/Landscaping: 5 Principles. Part I

Sustainable Gardening/Landscaping: The 5 Principles. Sustainable Gardening/Landscaping: The 5 Principles: Part I. When explicitly distilled down to basics, responsible landscaping is actually pretty simple. Sticking ...
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protect native plants from deer

Protecting Plants from Deer

  Protecting Plants from Deer. The Mild Winter Affect. Altogether the mild winter this year gave way to an exploding mammal population in spring. Undoubtedly ...
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Please stop with the Lyme tick nurseries: How to prevent ticks in yard.

How to Prevent Ticks in Your Yard

Please stop with Lyme tick nurseries. Aka, How to prevent ticks in your yard. Certainly, many people are considering while they plan their outdoor spaces: ...
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