Tag: Backyard Habitat

• Front Yard Makeover — Native Plant Edition: How to Plant Perennials so They Can Thrive

  

  In this article you’ll learn pro-tips for getting your long-lived perennial plants off to a good start. AND I’m sharing with you the my native plant list along with the most important details. Project Progress: Rules of Thumb for Planting Perennials For the longer lived, massive plants like trees, these rules are critical for establishing…

  Amy SBG

  January 20, 2023

  Design Project, Guide

  Backyard Habitat, Native Plants, pH, Rain Garden

• Front Yard Makeover — Native Plant Edition: Moving Mountains of Mulch

  

  I’ve been working on a implementing a redesign for our front yard to replace our turfgrass with Willamette Valley, Oregon native plants. This will seriously up my square footage for my Backyard Habitat Re-Certification coming up. 😁 This is the third article in the series. Here are articles one (retaining wall construction) and two (digging…

  Amy SBG

  December 8, 2022

  Design Project

  Backyard Habitat, Mulch, native plant, Native Plants, Rain Garden

• Front Yard Makeover — Native Plant Edition: Retaining Wall Building!

  

  Phase 1: Build Retaining wall for vine maple area. Complete! Hoo-yeah. What Project are you Doing? Goal #2 for 2022 was designing a new front yard landscape dedicated to Willamette Valley Native plants. Also managing storm-water and weeds are of paramount concern. Also, it’ll add lots of square footage to “area dedicated to native plants”…

  Amy SBG

  November 19, 2022

  Design Project

  Backyard Habitat, Landscape Design, Native Plants, Rain Garden, Storm Water Management