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Natural Garden News from Grounded – July 20

By admin | July 20, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News Slow down, see more, lose your mind If you want a Grounded garden… All about shoreline naturalization New book helps us find local native plants Are natural gardens always messy? Today’s recommended reading Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant) This week down in Fenelon Falls What a difference a month makes! From the socials I hope you enjoy the newsletter! If you have any questions or feedback, please reply to this email. Simon PaynGroundedEmail:…

Natural Garden News from Grounded – July 6

By admin | July 6, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: Snow White and the billion lives; How I choose the right plants for a landscape; Your cottage landscaping is done. Now what?; A look inside my favourite book

Natural Garden News from Grounded – June 22

By admin | June 22, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: What the Highlands and plants have in common; If you want a Grounded garden…; A look at two gardens we installed this spring; How to weed native plant gardens; Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); This week in the Highlands; From the socials.

Natural Garden News from Grounded – June 8

By admin | June 8, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: Welcome to our new friends from the home show! Will the deer eat these plants? If you want a Grounded garden… ; Do you really need that many plants? My most important advice to the owners of new gardens Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); This week in the garden; From the socials

Natural Garden News from Grounded – May 25

By admin | May 25, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: That awkward age; Do native plant gardens have to be messy? Getting started with native plant gardening in Haliburton; Where to meet Rufus (and Simon, if you must); Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); Notes from the garden at Lucas House; From the socials

Natural Garden News from Grounded – May 11

By admin | May 11, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: A message of joy and hope; New book about ecological landscaping in the Highlands; My list of books, articles and other helpful resources; Today’s recommended reading; Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant); Right now in Haliburton County; From the socials

Natural Garden News from Grounded – April 27, 2024

By admin | April 27, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: Wakey, wakey! Spring is springing!, Haliburton native plants explained, Useful gardens for those damp places, Recommended reading, Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant), Right now in Haliburton County, From the socials

Image of Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis) showing its wheat-like seed head.

Natural Garden News from Grounded – April 13, 2024

By admin | April 13, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: It starts with one plant, Exploring the groundcover layer: grasses and sedges, Finally…the book I’ve been waiting for, Recommended reading 30 native plants for Haliburton County, Right now in The Universe, From the socials.

Natural Garden News – March 30, 2024

By admin | March 30, 2024

Inside this edition of Natural Garden News: A visit to the Barbican; Ditch the mulch; plant densely; Going beyond pollinators; Recommended reading; Right now in Haliburton; From the socials

Milkweed and monarch butterly.

Natural Garden News – March 16, 2024

By admin | March 16, 2024

Leave those dead plant stems! Why I ordered plants as plugs. How native plant gardens foster a sense of place. Recommended reading. Right now in Haliburton. From the socials.