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Landscapes of 2015 part II, Oak Park Il. landscape designs, by Ed Max of Max’s Greener Places and maxlandscape.com

This complete redo was done in 14-15, and is now filling in nicely! You enter the white birch grove on ...

An increasingly rare wildflower seen in this native wildflower garden in Oak Park Il, (pic by landscape designer and naturalist Ed Max @ maxlandscape.com

Close relative of the colorful Bleeding Heart, but native and becoming rarer in our increasingly degraded ecosystems of the Chicago ...

Our Oak Park landscapes 2015 (by Max’s Greener Places, Ed Max)

Oak Park Il vintage looking pavers utilized to compliment the new addition to the rear of this 110+ yr old ...

Hardy Cactus in the Chicagoland landscape. One of designer and naturalist Ed Max’s favorite native perennials; as seen in this Oak Park Il prairie landscape

Opuntia (Prickly Pear cactus) is a native of sandier habitats within the Chicagoland Wilderness. Adding them into your drier, sunnier ...

Destructive Pine sawflies on Mugho Pine in Wheaton Il. Contact certified arborist Ed Max for consultation on your trees and shrubs.

Pine sawfly can strip your mugho and scotch pine foliage. Feeding on last years foliage will leave the plants  looking ...

The benefits of fire on this small remnant prairie in Carol Stream, Il, lit by naturalist Ed Max and crew of Max’s Greener Places

Fire is the key ingredient to maintaining these few prairie remnants we have left in the Chicagoland area, like this ...

Designer Ed Max’s landscapes in fall, near West Chicago Il.

Xeriscapes designed by Landscape designer Ed Max of West Chicago Il, and maxlandscape.com: Cactus, thyme, plus dropseeds( Sporobolus)-all planted in ...

Rooster is in the garden no more

Our roo, only a year and a half old…..too young to decline and have his head lopped off, but that’s ...

Ancient white pine of the U.P. of MI. (the Porkies). White pine in the landscapes of the Midwest.

Within part of a lg swath of old growth forest dwells giants:white pine (P.strobus) at 150 ft.n 400 year plus ...

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