Native Landscaping Possibilities

Brainstorming is a great first step, but can lead to a long and sometimes daunting list. We’ve highlighted the top 10 wish-list items based on the consolidation of countless brainstorming sessions compiled from Midwestern clients over the past 20 years.

• Decrease my mowing time.
• Convert my grassy field, old cornfield, mound system or lawn into a prairie landscape.
• Replace the once sculpted foundation planting junipers with native perennials.
• Naturalize my lakefront property with a shoreline buffer.
• Attract butterflies, birds and pollinators to my yard with native perennial gardens.
• Remedy drainage and erosion issues naturally with bio-swales and rain gardens.
• Beautify hard-to-mow ditches and steep slopes with native plants.
• Enhance my yard with grilling and campfire gathering spaces using locally quarried stone.
• Create a trail system through my forests and fields.
• Access my woodland again by removing invasive shrubs.