native plants Lake George Archives

A new butterfly habitat garden in Queensbury, NY

This week I installed a habitat garden design in Queensbury, NY. The project was especially exciting because of the property's proximity to wetland habitat. In every direction around the home in fact, there are wetlands, and 3/4 of the photos used for our wetland habitat post were from within one mile of our ecological garden [...]

By Jesse|2012-08-28T18:41:00-04:00August 28th, 2012|bird attracting plants, Butterfly Attracting Plants, butterfly gardening, butterfly gardens, Butterfly Habitat Plants, capital region landscape designer, ecological garden design, ecological garden designer, ecological gardening, garden, gardening, Gardening in Lake George, Gardening in Saratoga, habitat friendly gardening methods, Habitat Gardening, Habitat Gardens, habitat plants, home, Lake George habitat plant, Monarch butterfly habitat, native plant garden designer, Native Plants, native plants in Glens Falls, native plants in Saratoga, native plants Lake George, native plants of the North East, native plants to attract birds, native plants to attract butterflies, plants, plants to attract birds, plants to attract butterflies, Saratoga habitat plants, Saratoga native plants, Songbird Gardens, wetland habitat, wetland remediation, wetlands|Comments Off

Our wetland habitat’s native species struggle against invasives, in photos.

There is a desperate struggle in our local wetlands between the native plant that creates habitat for butterflies and birds called Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpurea) and the invasive plant species, noxious weed and habitat thief known as Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). As both wetland plants are in bloom right now, the competition is obvious. [...]

An urban oasis habitat garden in Glens Falls

This week I designed and installed a native plants garden that will double as a living fence. The home is located in an urban area: the heart of downtown Glens Falls. The homeowner would work in the existing gardens and people would walk by on the street and be able to see in. The new [...]

By Jesse|2012-08-18T17:43:21-04:00August 18th, 2012|Butterfly Attracting Plants, butterfly gardening, butterfly gardens, Butterfly Habitat Plants, capital region habitat gardens, ecological gardening, garden, gardening, Habitat Gardening, Habitat Gardens, habitat plants, home, Lake George gardens, Lake George habitat plant, Monarch butterfly habitat, Native Plants, native plants in Glens Falls, native plants in Saratoga, native plants Lake George, native plants of the North East, native plants to attract butterflies, plants, plants to attract butterflies, Specialty Gardening Projects|Comments Off

Lake George Rain Gardens Progress

This past May I collaborated with some local contractors on a large rain garden project in Lake George, NY. This week we returned to take some photos of the rain gardens progress. Shown above is the rain garden that we manipulated to behave as a wetland habitat; this piece of the property has standing water [...]