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Join Grounded’s Team
We’re building our seasonal field team for the coming season. This work is hands-on, outdoors, and rooted in ecological landscape care — preparing sites, planting native species, and stewarding properties so they establish well over time. The season has a few distinct rhythms: Two ways people usually work with us 1. On-call / casual field…
Read MoreWhat direction is your land going in?
Before you decide what your cottage landscape should become, it helps to notice what it’s already becoming.
Read MoreWhy cottage landscapes are all about edges
What if the defining feature of a Highlands landscape is the edge? We sit here in the Land Between, that biodiverse strip at the very south of the Canadian Shield. It’s one big edge where rock meets lowlands. Zoom in on our homes and cottages, and you see more edges. There’s the edge between the…
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – January 3, 2026
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News Staying If you want a Grounded garden… The myth of finished Five quiet recognitions New here? Start with these articles Catch our new show on Canoe Remember summer? In a hole lot of trouble Today’s recommended reading Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant) I hope you enjoy the newsletter! If you have any questions or feedback, please reply to this email. There are lots of images in this newsletter. If you can’t see them, please enable images in your…
Read MoreFive Quiet Recognitions
Do any of these feel familiar?
Read MoreThe Myth of Finished
“Finished” is a lie our landscaping culture keeps telling itself. And the pressure to get there is why your property feels like a chore instead of a place.
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – December 6, 2025
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News Giving and receiving If you want a Grounded garden… What the 30-metre shoreline buffer really means The dirty secret about poor soils New here? Start with these articles Seed all about it! Welcome to winter! Hedged out Today’s recommended reading Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant) I hope you enjoy the newsletter! If you have any questions or feedback, please reply to this email. There are lots of images in this newsletter. If you can’t see them,…
Read MoreThe dirty secret about poor soils
When the soil test comes back saying your soil is “poor,” you might feel like you’ve been handed a failing grade. Here’s why that might be the best news you’ll get all year.
Read MoreWhat the 30-metre shoreline buffer really means
The 30-metre shoreline buffer recommendation makes most cottage owners throw up their hands. Here’s where that number comes from – and what it actually means for your property.
Read MoreNatural Garden News from Grounded – November 8, 2025
Inside this edition of Natural Garden News When the subtle things shine If you want a Grounded garden… Beat overwhelm with these native plant pairings 3 articles about why it’s good to leave the leaves New here? Start with these articles Blown away – on leaf blowers Pod cast Alternative fall colours This isn’t a Christmas tree My greatest inspiration (one month later) Today’s recommended reading Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant) The mellow season I hope you enjoy the newsletter! If you…
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