sustainable garden
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DesignGreen Heroes: Plants Making a Positive Environmental Impact
This article has the potential to be very short. That is because most garden plants provide some type of environmental benefit to their immediate surroundings—assuming they are chosen appropriately for…
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DesignThe Pearsons’ Sustainable Home Garden
Today we’re visiting Yvette Pearson. The gardens at the Pearson home reflect the many memorable years with our family and friends. When we moved here in 1988, our love of…
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CollectionUnique Plants to Fill the Native Niche in Your Garden
Is there something missing in your garden? There's a native plant for that!
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DesignTour a Beautiful, Eco-Friendly Front-Yard Garden
Lou and Dell Salza’s front yard in Shaker Heights, Ohio, is living proof that a garden can be both beautiful and ecologically functional. Making the most of a modestly sized…
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DesignWild Gardens: Why You Should Embrace a Wilder Landscape
While working in your garden, do you work on cultivating every square inch of ground? Do you mow, string trim, prune, and weed throughout? Have you ever thought of leaving…
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CollectionWhat Native Plants to Grow in Your Garden
If you’ve been gardening for more than a few seasons, you have surely heard the expression “Right plant, right place.” This garden shorthand sums up a useful and straightforward idea:…
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DesignBuilding a Green Roof: What to Know Before You Grow
“Eco roof,” “live roof,” “planted roof,” “green roof”—enough roofs to drive you up one. Whatever you call it, the approach is the same: to plant directly onto a roof’s surface.…
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DesignExploring Native Lawn Alternatives That Thrive in the Mid-Atlantic
Jeff Lorenz and his team at Refugia Design specialize in creating native landscapes in the Philadelphia area. In addition to looking better than turfgrass, the gardens they design also manage…
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DesignSustainability in the Garden – Lecture Series
Join us as we take a deep dive into the complex and sometimes controversial gardening topic of sustainability. This lecture series features four separate classes related to the overall theme.…
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