After I complete a garden installation I give my customers a PDF that explains how to care for their new native garden. I thought I'd...

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...

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...

Here in Kalamazoo county, most of our landscape is the product of outwash from glacier activity over 10,000 years ago. (Warning: armchair...

One of the most beloved plants for native plant gardeners is Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). This plant is so popular that even...

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...

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...

This garden is 14 months old. Scroll for progress. (Kalamazoo, Michigan) My two favorite parts of this project is 1. The Nodding Wild...

“A garden is never finished” - Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki. “Before and After” pics are fun but really the “after” is limitless and in...

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...

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...

Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration began last Fall when Chad and Kristen started sending Hidden Savanna customers in...

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...

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...

If you’re gardening with native plants I think it’s essential to observe these species in their native habitats among their...

Proper gardening requires patience, careful observation and nurturing when it's young and vulnerable. There's really not much action...

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...

Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) is an extremely popular landscape shrub that seems to be ubiquitous in suburban yards across most of the...

Shortest commute in history! This yard is across the street from us (hence, the bizarre drone-like aerial perspective in that first pic...

When we moved to Kalamazoo last year I was astounded by the cool mid-century modern architecture around town, especially in our...