Native plant gardening

If we want gardens to look less weedy then we need to stop pampering wild plants and give them what they want -- tough competition and limited resources.

Native plants are more hardy, less disease resistant, and better for nature. Here are 9 beautiful ones or the Midwest that you want in your yard.

This is a secret garden!Cross VineMy friend and native plant gardener, Alice, describes herself as a late comer to native plants. I say she is an artist whose palette is native plants. The results are enchanting. There are so many ideas to borrow from her garden. Growing Many SpeciesOne is an approach that defies traditional garden design advice to place plants in groups of odd numbers, 3s, 5s, or 7s, to create mass of color or texture. While Alice employs this technique in a few places, she…

Want to get started in Native Plants but are unsure to where to begin? I've got a complete guide for you right here!

Curious about designing a garden using native plants? Here's how!

Learn how to design a stylish pollinator garden; a bustling meeting space for bees, butterflies, parasitic wasps, and hummingbirds.

1 post published by Carolyn @ Carolyns Shade Gardens during April 2016

National Pollinator Week – See how MGNV can help you “Go Native!” with pollinators.

How do I start? Many people wrestle with this question after deciding they want to transform their existing yard into a native plant garden. When Susan and Jim Graham first made that decision they described their existing yard as “ mostly turf grass with an azalea mustache;” a look typical of many of the landscapes…