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Five Grasses You Should Be Using In Your Landscape
I am always in search of the tough, resilient plants that stand out in any challenging landscape. Certainly, ornamental grasses fit into this category. They are increasing in popularity because of...
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Three Iconic Prairie Grasses to Add to Your Landscape
Native grasses are at their best right now. They are in full plumage. They are changing color from green to bold reds, yellows, and oranges. They have reached their full height. They are...
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How to Design a Native Plant Garden
One of the biggest criticisms of native plants is that they often look too wild, unkempt and messy. Grasses dominate while wildflowers struggle to provide the visual impact desired in a landscape....
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Seven Steps to Planning Your Native Landscape
Interest in native landscaping is growing in popularity. This time of year leading up to our spring plant sale, homeowners and businesses contemplate what they would like their landscape to look like....
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Principles of a Sustainable Landscape Design
Through our work in promoting the use of native plants in landscaping, we have observed that homeowners and gardeners are becoming increasingly aware of the positive impacts they can have on the...
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Six Elements of a Beautiful Fall Garden
I have said it before that fall is my favorite time of the year. It means that the hottest days of summer will be replaced by autumn’s cool mornings and warm afternoons. The landscape is transformed...
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Finding Common Ground with Native Landscaping
In the gardening off season now, you have a chance to think about the big picture of what you want for your landscape. Consider a plan that resonates with the general public by finding common ground...
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The Trade-off Plants Make to Survive
Gardening is a learning process. I have been working at the Arboretum for nearly 25 years and I am still learning new things. Wildflowers and grasses, as it turns out, live in communities. They grow...
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Design Essentials For Small Gardens
One of the takeaways from last Saturday’s Native Plant Symposium was that every garden is different. Each landscape takes on the unique vision of the owner. It is cared for with love or neglect and...
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Landscape Design Principle: Lines
A native plant design is a highly subjective project. The plants you like may not be the ones I would choose and vice versa. Your garden area is unique to you. Sun, soil, moisture conditions can...
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Encore Blog: Do You Want A Native Front Yard?
Posted on August 8, 2019 by Scott Vogt (Originally published on March 29, 2017) Something interesting is happening to our front yards. They are slowly shrinking. The typical large expanse of green...
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Three Iconic Prairie Grasses to Add to Your Landscape
Native grasses are at their best right now. They are in full plumage. They are changing color from green to bold reds, yellows, and oranges. They have reached their full height. They are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Design a Native Plant Garden
One of the biggest criticisms of native plants is that they often look too wild, unkempt and messy. Grasses dominate while wildflowers struggle to provide the visual impact desired in a landscape....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seven Steps to Planning Your Native Landscape
Interest in native landscaping is growing in popularity. This time of year leading up to our spring plant sale, homeowners and businesses contemplate what they would like their landscape to look like....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Principles of a Sustainable Landscape Design
Through our work in promoting the use of native plants in landscaping, we have observed that homeowners and gardeners are becoming increasingly aware of the positive impacts they can have on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six Elements of a Beautiful Fall Garden
I have said it before that fall is my favorite time of the year. It means that the hottest days of summer will be replaced by autumn’s cool mornings and warm afternoons. The landscape is transformed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finding Common Ground with Native Landscaping
In the gardening off season now, you have a chance to think about the big picture of what you want for your landscape. Consider a plan that resonates with the general public by finding common ground...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Trade-off Plants Make to Survive
Gardening is a learning process. I have been working at the Arboretum for nearly 25 years and I am still learning new things. Wildflowers and grasses, as it turns out, live in communities. They grow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Design Essentials For Small Gardens
One of the takeaways from last Saturday’s Native Plant Symposium was that every garden is different. Each landscape takes on the unique vision of the owner. It is cared for with love or neglect and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Landscape Design Principle: Lines
A native plant design is a highly subjective project. The plants you like may not be the ones I would choose and vice versa. Your garden area is unique to you. Sun, soil, moisture conditions can...
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