Eco-Friendly Landscaping Blog

Municipal Gardens Project

Municipal Gardens Project. In July 2013 a local paper, The Post Star wrote an article about our municipal gardens native landscaping project. Doing an eco-landscape ...

Garden Art Projects

You have your gorgeous native plant landscaping system all designed, built and on its way to mature establishment. What happens now? Garden art projects. Now ...

Remove Barberry + replace with native wildflowers for better ecosystem health.

Remove Barberry with Native Wildflowers.

Recently we published an article about the link between using Japanese Barberry shrubs in landscaping and an increase in human Lyme disease infection rates in ...

Organic Bug Spray

Making your own natural bug spray to use during gardening is extremely easy. It’s inexpensive too. You have the choice of different essential oil ...

Weeds can be displaced by good soil health practices.

Weeds: Interpretation

Continued from Parts 1 + 2. On a hillside in the SUNY Albany neighborhood, our team planned and executed a major transformation and restoration ...

Jessecology destroys invasives. Invasive plants don't stand a chance!

Invasives + Kindness

Invasives + Kindness. (continued). This year we’re beginning a deep exploration into healthy land restoration after invasives have devastated a site. The problem is real ...

How Do You Make Coldbrew Tea?

We’ve begun an exploration series discovering a deeper connection and enjoyment of organic garden systems. Our company has worked with hundreds of local families ...

Factory Village Botanical Garden

Welcome to the Factory Village Botanical Garden! A currently unsanctioned Level 1 Arboretum space in the heart of Ballston Spa’s exurbia. The Factory Village ...

Native Plant Nursery

A native plant nursery is a unique anomaly in the tapestry of time and space. It departs from typical expectations of how a yard should ...

Butterflies + Gardens

In the northeastern US, having a butterfly garden is one of the finest life experiences possible. We need more open spaces where sun-loving butterflies can ...

Weeding Large Gardens

Caring for large gardens is quite a different fête from caring for small gardens. The maintenance routine required to keep a small native garden ...

Easy Potato Garden DIY

Easy potato garden DIY: About 2 months ago we bought some attractive Fingerling Potatoes from the Saratoga Farmer’s Market. We forgot we had them. ...

Organic Gardening

People’s reasons for organic gardening are varied. Some folks love animals and want to protect our wildlife by not using harmful chemicals. Others may ...

Reduce Tick Exposure Naturally: 8 Steps.

Reduce Tick Exposure Naturally: 8 Steps. There is nothing quite like time spent enjoying the outdoors. Exhilarating. But many of us in the northeast have ...

Hügelkultur Gardens

Hügelkultur Gardens Hügelkultur garden beds are a German restorative agriculture technique that any homeowner with some extra tree branches and a bit of space can ...