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Backyard with a Prairie and a Pond Part 2

February 25, 2018 By Jim 2 Comments

Backyard with a Prairie and a Pond Part 2

Last post, I started a backyard landscape design with a Prairie and a Pond. Today, we finish it by adding shrubs, perennials and accessories. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: backyard design, landscape design, meadow, native plants, Prairie

Ecological Landscape Design with a Prairie and a Pond Part 1

February 3, 2018 By Jim 1 Comment

Ecological Landscape Design with a Prairie and a Pond Part 1

Today, we start a backyard Ecological Landscape Design with a theme, a prairie and pond. This should be fun, as we are going to put together a design with a strong form and a lot of plants. This design would provide a ton of ecological value compared to the existing lawn that is currently at this site. Not only will the backyard have a small prairie, but we will retain a large portion of lawn as this family has kids and wants a large play area. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: ecological, hickory, landscape design, native plants, oak, pond, Prairie

A (mostly) Native Perennial Plug Planting Twelve Months Later

June 29, 2017 By Jim 3 Comments

A (mostly) Native Perennial Plug Planting Twelve Months Later

Last year, I posted about a new perennial plug planting I did in June of 2016. In that post,  Planting Plugs is a Cheap and Easy Way to Plant a Landscape,  I showed how a 300 sq ft perennial bed could be prepared and planted using less work and money. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Perennials and bulbs Tagged With: Butterfly Weed, Coreopsis, Liatris, native plants, perennial plugs, Prairie Dropseed, Purple Coneflower

Trees for an Ecological Backyard

January 8, 2017 By Jim 6 Comments

Trees for an Ecological Backyard

Happy New Year. Let's all have a great 2017 and say good riddance to 2016! But before I can do that, I am going to explain the trees I selected for the Ecological Backyard Design I showed in November. If you remember, I left off explaining the evergreens I used in the design. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Plant recommendations

Ecological Backyard Landscape Design

November 13, 2016 By Jim 7 Comments

Ecological Backyard Landscape Design

In today's post, we will look at a backyard landscape designed to do two things.  First and foremost, it will look great in each of the four seasons.  Secondly, it will benefit the environment instead of being a burden on it that most landscape designs end up being. … [Read more...]

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Naturalistic Front Yard landscape design

September 25, 2016 By Jim 5 Comments

Naturalistic Front Yard landscape design

Let's use some of the big ideas I have talked about in other posts to make a Naturalistic Front Yard landscape design. I have done front yard designs before, including one last year for my old little neglected ranch house. While I did mix it up a bit with some more interesting plant choices than the typical landscaper might use (no spireas in that design thank goodness), I admit it is still pretty shall we say "landscapy". … [Read more...]

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Planting Plugs is a Cheap and Easy Way to Plant a Landscape

August 14, 2016 By Jim 7 Comments

Planting Plugs is a Cheap and Easy Way to Plant a Landscape

Why is planting plugs instead of larger plants in a landscape often a better idea? Let's start planting the landscape design for my backyard and I'll show you. Since I am a gardener and not a landscaper, we will be installing this design over time. Why have all the fun at once when it can be spread over the years. If I was a landscaper, I would want you to buy the largest (most expensive) plant possible, certainly not plugs! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Gardening Tagged With: native plants, nature inspired garden, Planting

Backyard Landscape design finished

June 19, 2016 By Jim 9 Comments

Backyard Landscape design finished

Lets get back to that backyard landscape design we have been working on and lets finish it up. … [Read more...]

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Moving from functional diagram to design

May 15, 2016 By Jim 1 Comment

Moving from functional diagram to design

The last time we looked at our landscape design, we had completed the functional diagram. To refresh our memory, it looked like this: … [Read more...]

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Landscape Functional diagram, a key step in creating a landscape design

April 17, 2016 By Jim Leave a Comment

Landscape Functional diagram, a key step in creating a landscape design

Now that we have completed our base plan (see post), it's time to go back to our list of goals for our landscape and start putting them on top of our base plan by creating a landscape functional diagram. If you have drawn a base plan on paper, it's easiest to do this using a piece of tracing paper overlaid on top our our completed base plan. … [Read more...]

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