Gardens A La Carte

02/26/2025

"Soft Landings", crucial habitat for pollinators and beneficial for trees.

Soft Landings Soft landings are diverse native plantings under keystone trees (or any other regionally appropriate native tree). These plantings provide critical shelter and habitat for one or more life cycle stages of moths, butterflies, and beneficial i

02/06/2025

Often in South of France or Italy, our ancestors greeted their guests by planting Cypress trees at the front of their homes. Two cypress meant they could come to eat and drink. Three cypress meat they could come eat, drink and stay overnight. What does only one cypress mean?
Cypress are amazing trees and can live up to 500 years!

08/14/2024

06/21/2024

This Spring has been busy with designs on the drawing table and installs out in the field.
I love urban yards, they are smaller but you can still manage to plant 4 trees, create a few planting berms and an winding path with a Now Mow lawn... :-)
Thank you the crew of Midwest Professional Landscape, they did a great job between rain storms !

03/28/2024

Soaking up the 🌞

03/09/2024

My new in-house design service for contractors 👇