Tired of seeing lonely plants in a sea of mulch? So are we. We love to garden, and love brings understanding. We know that a healthy garden allows plants to mingle and interact, creating a strong infrastructure that naturally blocks out weeds, and supporting a healthy environment filled with butterflies, birds, and bees. Most important,…
Restoring a Perennial Garden
Follow our progress as we take a beloved garden from neglected to resplendent The owner of this garden used to be a teacher, and spent her summers happily digging and planting. But a change in careers and a newly developed allergy to wasps forced her to put away her trowel. She tried landscape companies, but…
Crown Shyness
Although scientists don’t fully understand how it happens, for a hundred years we have known that trees in close proximity create gaps among themselves to avoid touching one another. This arboreal reticence to intrude on one another is known as “crown shyness”.
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