Recently, I described using natural areas as inspiration for a garden landscape. In the prairie example, I mentioned that the prairie near me was the Central Tallgrass Prairie. In the forest example, the North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland was the woodland that my neighborhood was before it was developed. In my last post, I said I would show you how to find the natural areas near you or anywhere else you like. I will do that over these next two posts. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Woodland inspired garden plants by layer
On the last post, I wrote about finding Plant associations for a woodland inspired garden. I used my place as an example and found out that the woodland type near me was probably the plant association of White Oak – Northern Red Oak – Shagbark Hickory Glaciated Forest. … [Read more...]
Woodland as garden inspiration, finding local inspiration part 2
On my last post I wrote about finding local inspiration for a nature inspired garden. In that post, I specifically wrote about the Central Tallgrass Prairie. Today, I will write about my favorite landscape, the forest. The Appalachian forest is probably my favorite. However, as I wrote about in a past post, I probably should not try to create a garden inspired by it in Northern Illinois. … [Read more...]