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...]
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...]