07/23/2026
A simple tip to help figure how many plants you need for an area.
📏 Measure your garden bed area
📝 Grab some graph paper and plot out the bed dimensions. If it’s a smaller area, 1 square = 1ft, larger areas you can double up 1 square = 2ft and so on.
✍️ Keeping mature plant sizes in mind you can layout the garden using dots, circles, squares, symbols or even different colors.
👩🌾 Count the shapes.
🌱 Visit your favorite nursery with confidence!
Some other pro tips 👇
- Circular/Oval shaped beds, you can measure the diameter from top to bottom and left to right.
- Free flowing beds? You can break them down into simpler shapes in order to plot. Think squares and rectangles!
- Using smaller herbaceous plants? Keep it simple and go with 1x1ft spacing for a full look.
And most of all remember, you got this! 🕺
07/08/2026
Take a look at what’s blooming in our native garden in July 👀
Echinacea purpurea - Purple coneflower
Asclepius tuberosa - Butterfly w**d
Rudbeckia triloba - Brown eyed Susan
Eupatorium dubium - Joe-Pye w**d
Liatris spicata - Blazing star
Pycnanthemum multicum - Clustered mountain mint
Rudbeckia fulgida - Black eyed Susan
Mystery rudbeckia!
What’s your favorite?
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06/11/2026
Just a little garden editing… Who says you have to start fresh?
Taking a look back at this front island bed completed earlier this season. We moved and divided a few existing native plants, removed invasives, w**ds, and added a few more native plants to fill in. All topped with a healthy layer of natural bark mulch and edging to keep the lawn crews happy. ☀️🌱🐛
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07/08/2026
06/11/2026