NATIVES
The end of a tumultuous season: Covid and the erosion of democracy! Who knows- maybe 2021 will be better?
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For now- lets focus on trees...really big trees! This behemoth is many centuries old! We are a landscape design service ...
Springtime in the garden can be both healthy and healing (in the time of PANDEMIC)
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In these unusual and stressful times there is no better setting than getting out in to nature – your own ...
Natural landscaping, let us assist in creating or enhancing your woodland gardens or natural landscapes (West Chicago, Naperville, Glen Ellyn, Oak Park), using native plantings, natural shade gardens , stone pathways, garden rooms in the natural landscapes….
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natural landscaping in West Chicago – this woodland garden…..filled with spring blooming native species, followed later with fern, hosta, and ...
A Beautiful and Beneficial landscape project in Oak Park Il : a low-grow prairie with over 4 dozen native species and counting…..plus a water garden (to keep the run-off on site)
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renovations begin… a year in…. What a response it has been (from the community AND the local wildlife) !!! As ...
A fall season like no other (except last fall?). So that’s TWO wet, cold, snowy fall seasons in a row- what is going on?
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Below is a copy of an older blog from a year ago- when we had several snow events, loads of ...
The newest Illinois state champion tree: the lg. 200 year old Cottonwood near Byron Il. (plus the previous state champ…the giant bald cypress of the Shawnee, est to be nearly 1250 yrs old)
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The Champ- a huge, two-stemmed Cottonwood (Champ trees are determined by their height, trunk circumference, and crown spread (points x ...
Bloodroot: and other Native wildflowers, easily incorporated into your landscapes and perennial gardens, for very early and quite spectacular color!
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Bloodroot is one underutilized native wildflower native to our oak forests of the area. Used in this Naperville landscape design ...
Bluebells: a naturalizing beauty for any woodland or shade garden setting (seen here in a Wheaton, Il. landscape)
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Bluebells a bloomin!Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia) in bloom in Wheaton, Il. mid April. Quite a show. Mertensias naturalize well, come up ...
Dance of the Wood Betony (Pedicularis), a lovely parasitic native
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Swirling beauty! This semi parasitic native of our higher quality prairies is quite a sight in spring. Easily spotted when ...
Native species for our native places (like that unsightly border you view out there)
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Natural landscapes, with Redbud, bluebells, native plants! How many borders do we all stare out at that LACK any sort ...