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How to combine ‘rewilding’ with landscape design

June 6, 2025
wetland view, showing water framed by forest

When we work on our designs, we identify their inherent patterns and then amplify them to create landscapes that are inherently pleasing.

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Is that Plant Easy-Going or Is It Super-Fussy?

May 19, 2025

Here are three useful ways to make sure we choose plants that will thrive with little management.

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18 Natural Garden Laws for Cottage Country

May 7, 2025

Here’s what we know about how to garden naturally – in 18 short paragraphs.

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How It’s a Win-Win When We Follow Nature’s Calendar

April 15, 2025
A Monarch butterfly at Lucas House in summer 2024.

Working with the seasons helps us create landscapes that are as beautiful to nature as they are to us.

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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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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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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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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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Your Natural Garden: The New Go-To Book for Landscaping the Better Way

December 29, 2024
Cover of Your Natural Garden, by Kelly D. Norris.

A new book by Kelly D. Norris is set to become the go-to guide for those who want to understand natural gardening and landscaping.

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Making Gardens

  • How to combine ‘rewilding’ with landscape design
  • Is that Plant Easy-Going or Is It Super-Fussy?
  • 18 Natural Garden Laws for Cottage Country
  • How It’s a Win-Win When We Follow Nature’s Calendar
  • How Plant Sociability Is Critical in Natural Gardens and Shorelines

Growing a Green Renaissance

  • How to Create a Landscape that Belongs Here
  • Transform your shoreline, transform your legacy
  • In praise of more
  • Finding Joy in Nature and in Native Plants
  • My Haliburton Cottage Shoreline Helped Me Through Covid

Bringing Back Biodiversity

  • Why Succession is Key to Naturalistic Landscape Design in Haliburton County
  • Goldenrod: The Myths and the Facts
  • Sedges for Haliburton, Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes
  • Kawartha Lakes native plants: New guide gives detailed lists
  • Haliburton Shoreline Naturalization: Better for the Lake, Better for You
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