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Winter Presentation Schedule
I have quite a few public presentations on the calendar. One is on Zoom so anyone can tune in wherever you may be. The others are...
Jan 261 min read
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Why It’s Important to Remove Invasive Species From Your Yard
There’s a problem lurking in your yard and it’s wreaking havoc elsewhere, whether you know it or not. Invasive species continue to be a...
May 15, 20244 min read
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Glacial Gifts: Garden Design for Dry , Sunny Slopes
Here in Kalamazoo county, most of our landscape is the product of outwash from glacier activity over 10,000 years ago. (Warning: armchair...
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Asclepius tuberosa Spotlight
One of the most beloved plants for native plant gardeners is Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). This plant is so popular that even...
Feb 1, 20244 min read
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Garden Rhythm
I wrote the following piece for the Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones blog “It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it.” That was a common...
Jan 19, 20244 min read
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First year progress
This week I’ve been checking in on some gardens that I installed last year. This one was planted last August and it’s filling in pretty...
Aug 11, 20231 min read
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More One-Year Progress Pics
This garden is 14 months old. Scroll for progress. (Kalamazoo, Michigan) My two favorite parts of this project is 1. The Nodding Wild...
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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"Before and After" One Year's Progress
“A garden is never finished” - Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki. “Before and After” pics are fun but really the “after” is limitless and in...
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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Instagram/Facebook
I've found it easier to post spontaneously on social media rather than on this blog, so if you have one of the Meta apps follow my weekly...
Jul 16, 20231 min read
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Zoom Presentation on Native Plant Design
Hi, I'm giving a presentation on Zoom for Wild Ones on Wednesday at 7pm. It's free and open to the public but you need to register. More...
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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First Year in the Bag!
Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration began last Fall when Chad and Kristen started sending Hidden Savanna customers in...
Dec 23, 20222 min read
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Brush Piles for Everyone!
It's not always possible but I try to find a way to keep all organic yard "waste" on site. One way is through mulching (breaking up dead...
Dec 20, 20222 min read
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Formal Gardening with Native Plants, Revisited
Last Winter I designed a garden in three phases for a yard across the street from me. The homeowner and I wanted a formal plant design to...
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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Finding Garden Inspiration in the Wild
If you’re gardening with native plants I think it’s essential to observe these species in their native habitats among their...
Aug 23, 20221 min read
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"First year they sleep..."
Proper gardening requires patience, careful observation and nurturing when it's young and vulnerable. There's really not much action...
Aug 4, 20221 min read
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Interview
I'm in the throes of garden installation season so I have little time to create a blog post but I thought I'd share this link from a...
Jun 21, 20221 min read
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Invasive Species Alert: Burning Bush
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) is an extremely popular landscape shrub that seems to be ubiquitous in suburban yards across most of the...
Mar 11, 20222 min read
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Formal Gardening with Native Plants
Shortest commute in history! This yard is across the street from us (hence, the bizarre drone-like aerial perspective in that first pic...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Mid-Century Modern architecture deserve better landscaping!
When we moved to Kalamazoo last year I was astounded by the cool mid-century modern architecture around town, especially in our...
Nov 21, 20212 min read
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"I like your curves"
A friendly neighbor commented this to me as I was wrapping up the prep work for this front yard garden yesterday. I planted three...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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