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...
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- Jan 5
- 2 min
Prairie Fen Troopers
Prairie Fens are globally rare but locally (relatively) abundant ecosystems unique to the upper Midwest states where moraine glaciation...
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
First Year in the Bag!
Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration began last Fall when Chad and Kristen started sending Hidden Savanna customers in...
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- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Aug 23, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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- Aug 4, 2022
- 1 min
"First year they sleep..."
Proper gardening requires patience, careful observation and nurturing when it's young and vulnerable. There's really not much action...
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- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Winter Warriors Restoration Crew
During the Spring I work for Hidden Savanna Native Plant Nursery transplanting seedlings to pots. From late Spring through Fall I work on...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
"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...
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- Oct 23, 2021
- 4 min
Design, preparation, installation for front yard of a historic home
Judging from nearby existing mature Black Oaks (estimate age 150 to 250 years old) and pre-settlement maps and records, the front yard of...
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- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Creating a woodland transition
The backyard of this property has a small lawn that gets heavy use so we kept that as is but the homeowners were interested in...
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