We moved in 2020 and gardening/natives became an unmedicated special interest. I grew most natives from seed in the winter of 2020/2021.
Note: The hell-strip was seeded with a Prairie Moon blend for arid sites in the northeast. This is year 4 with full on flush.
by graytiger
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Looks beautiful! What is the darker purple flower in the back of picture 9? Is it lead plant or working else?
wow!!!
Looks awesome!
I envy your booming brown eyed susan patch. How do you keep them coming back? Do you let them reseed or do you collect & sow in that area each year.
I picked up a mature plant from the nursery, not realizing it was biennial. I had some seedlings this year but the extreme weather this spring got to them.
Did you design it yourself as well? It’s so gorgeous
WOW!
😍😍😍
While this looks lovely, if I were a neighbor I would not be comfortable with the visibility of that intersection. Perhaps some shorter plants near the curb would do.
Fantastic work! And I LOVE the quad bee butts in pic 11! You should drop that one into r/beebutts, they’d love it over there. LOL
This transformation is awesome! It’s motivating me just to yank out the non-native ornamental shrubs that are the cornerstones of the landscaping around our house … be gone ridiculous columnar boxwoods!
how do deer not eat it all?
What flowers are in slide 15?
What was your method to remove the hedge in the first pic? I have a couple big ass bushes that I’m wanting to rip out
yeehaw, pardner!!!!!!!!!!
Super pretty! What’s that plant in the bottom left of the third slide? Looks like a member of *Acanthaceae*?
It’s absolutely lovely to see all the little critters enjoying your dedicated work! So beautiful and inspiring 🥰
Hi! What zone are you in, and can you list some of the flowers/plants you’ve added over the years, please?
This is lovely! I hope my yard can be like this in a few years, we’re just starting out.
This is so inspirational!!! I’m on year two and this has just got me juiced to plan out the backyard for next year 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉
You did amazing! I saw you mentioned you’re in CT- I’m in Hartford county, do you have any suggestions for nurseries that have healthy native plants?
The transition from 7 to 8 made me crack the biggest goofiest grin.
Good job! It’s beautiful!
FROM SEED?! WOW! Beautiful stuff, congratulations on the garden!
Amazing. Pic 11 made me laugh out loud, it was like they were lined up at the counter at a diner.
It looks great! I just purchased a house and want to do something like this as well. Does the city regulate what you plant on your hellstrip or parkway? I thought that was city property.
I agree – beautiful. A labor of love to battle weeds but still beautiful and cheaper than therapy 🙂
So gorgeous. I aspire to have a property like yours. Right now, I do a mix of produce and perennial flowers. I have a new side bed that I want to plant some more natives in.
Love the picture of all the bees!
This is gorgeous, but is anyone gonna talk about the messed up butterfly in pic 17? Is it two butterflies mating, or is one of the wings just different from the rest?
Aspirational
‘Unmedicated special interest’ is sending me. It’s truly a slippery slope!!
Gorgeous, splendid work! Love this so much 💛
Yaaaaay!
You left out the photos of the ivy haha. Rip that shit out.
STUNNING. Wow! I’m in MA and have inherited a huge garden with great soil (YAY) and almost exclusively hydrangeas and lilies (…oy). I’m slowly working toward this kind of garden and I identify with your motivations – gardening has been such a balm for my OCD and anxiety. Now, of course, I just want to spend all my money and time on the garden, but being the breadwinner I can’t exactly swing it.
Congratulations on this glorious haven and thank you for the inspiration!
Nicely done.
This is so gorgeous!!! I love your oakleaf hydrangea in slide 3!!!
Wow, spectacular
Does anyone have a list or know where I can get one for natives around Maryland?
NIcely done.
You’ve made that house a home! It looks so much more inviting now!
(I swear I’m not a bee)
Wow, what a wonderful thing to do! ❤️
A garden after my own heart heart 🤩 well done OP. Looks fab
I love this so much!
Lovely work. I hope your neighbors appreciate the beauty and all the life you’ve brought to the neighborhood. I’m in Brooklyn and have swamp milkweed in the tree bed outside my house. Neighbors walked by while I was admiring a monarch butterfly. The little girl asked me if it bit and then screamed when it flapped its beautiful wings. We need more people educating our neighbors. 😂