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How Plant Sociability Is Critical in Natural Gardens and Shorelines

March 24, 2025
Butterfly Milkweed

Understanding sociability could be the difference between a self-sustaining plant community and a landscape that fights its own nature.

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Native Plants for Shorelines that Flood

March 8, 2025

Many cottagers have shorelines that flood in the spring. Discover how to use native plants to make the most of the sogginess.

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Natural Garden News from Grounded – March 1, 2025

March 1, 2025

In praise of more: How natural gardens create abundance, Using disturbance in your landscape

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In praise of more

February 24, 2025
Me as a child

The new method of landscaping is about having more nature. And that makes us happy.

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How Natural Gardens Celebrate Abundance

February 24, 2025
Thousands of plants outside Lucas House, our HQ.

Nature is abundant. So are natural gardens. Here are four ways we celebrate “more” when we plant naturalistically.

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Natural Garden News from Grounded – February 1, 2025

February 1, 2025
A Canada Goose

Deter geese at your cottage using native plants, Work in progress: Gardens and shorelines on the drawing board

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Work in Progress: Natural Gardens and Shorelines on the Drawing Board

January 29, 2025
Drawing of a natural garden layout

Here are the designs of some of the natural garden and shoreline projects that are in our pipeline, ready to go from drawing board to soil.

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Deter Geese at Your Cottage Using Native Plants

January 25, 2025

Native plants can be a useful tool if want to deter geese at your cottage. Here’s a comprehensive guide.

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Natural Garden News from Grounded – January 4, 2025

January 4, 2025

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News” To 2025! The best intro to natural gardens; Why ‘good soils’ aren’t necessarily a good thing; Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); Seeing red.

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Why ‘Good Soil’ Isn’t Necessarily a Good Thing

January 1, 2025
Beth Chatto's dry garden.

Poor soils aren’t necessarily a problem. Natural gardeners often prefer them because they lead to more biodiversity and less maintenance.

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