Jan 21, 2014 | blog, Get Outdoors, GNL business news and services, maintenance, winter
I am so happy more schools are developing outdoor classrooms or nature filled school green spaces, and I am happy to have designed a few. Here is wonderful video associated with the book The Nature Principle by Richard Louv, summarizing why living, playing,...
Oct 29, 2013 | blog, fall, home, maintenance, native plants
Colors, interesting seed heads, and the last visits of the year of some birds and insects make me appreciate the change of seasons. Here are some fall and early winter maintenance tips/reminders:
Jun 29, 2013 | blog, maintenance, native plants, summer, wildlife
There are a few minor differences between maintaining native plants and non-native plants. In a non-native (traditional) garden, we are growing plants that naturally don’t grow together, aren’t part of natural processes or adapted over thousands of years to the local environment. Here are some nature inspired maintenance tips for native plants.
May 17, 2013 | blog, fall, maintenance, native plants, spring, summer
A native garden is like traditional gardens in some ways, but different in other ways. Now we’re welcoming local ecology, natural processes and plants which naturally grow together. Below are a few basic garden maintenance tips everyone should follow.
Jul 5, 2012 | blog, environment, maintenance, native plants, wildlife
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN This is my test year. I have not watered my established gardens or plants which have been in my yard more than 3 years. I have mainly focused on watering the plants I installed this year....
Apr 16, 2012 | blog, maintenance, native plants
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. –Albert Einstein) Native plants are sometimes a mystery to me because they behave in ways I don’t always understand. I’ve asked friends who...
