Adding native plants, shrubs and trees to your yard is easier than you think and important to supporting habitat and addressing climate...

Trees are often neglected in garden & landscape design. They provide comfort as our yards are getting too hot to be enjoyed in full sun....

Mix of Shrubs of various sizes and Perennials. Limited by tidy lawn as negative space.

Design for small front yards. L Been working on this property, making small adjustments every year by replacing over scaled shrubs with...

The start of warm weather brings the roar and pollution of gas fired leaf blowers. Did you know that blowing is not only a waste of...

White Snakeroot is an aggressive spreader, part shady. Blooms in September. White Snakeroot is known as the plant that poisoned Abraham...

Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata), appears sporadically in part to full shade areas. Blooms in September.

Devil's Beggers Sticks. Appears sporadically in sunny areas. Not an aggressive spreader. Blooms July-Sept.

Mist Flower (Conoclinium coelestinum). Blooms in late Aug. Spreads aggressively in sunny to part shade.

Add visual interest and habitat support with variety of sizes and shapes with trees and large shrubs.

Planted seeds several years ago. Cup flower has found its way to several places in my property where I let it go.

A recent tropical storm dumped over three inches of rain in a single day. I watched much of it flood impervious streets, storm drains and...

Planting layers of plants and planting densely reduces maintenance and better supports habitat. Here area is anchored by large shrubs...

Butterfly weed feeds pollinators and beneficial insects including Monarchs. Butterfly weed enjoys full sun.

I love large shrubs. This Ninebark adds structure and full season interest to the garden and provide great bird habitat.

Native Mountain Laurels (Kalmia latifolia) like this were planted when many of our homes where built. Unfortunately many have been...

Native Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) were planted when many of our homes where built. Unfortunately many have been removed and...

Bearded Iris (Iris croatica) and Catmint (Nepeta) False Indigo (Baptisia australis), native

Typical landscape refresh is a rip out and replace thing, which can be wasteful. To be honest, some stuff like Taxus badly sheared for...

All lawns, including chemical free, require some TLC. Top photo, lawn is overwhelmed with weeds and bare spots. This can be result of...