Amazing isn’t an overstatement. The backyard features a sunken deck with a chair where Damerow likes to drink coffee in the morning and watch nature around her. Then there are stone and mulch pathways that slowly lead down the hillside, with that Aldo Leopold bench and native plants interspersed. On the bottom is a fence, […] Continue reading "Member Garden: Loris Damerow"
Janis Solomon describes her garden as a perpetual work-in-progress rather than a manicured showpiece. But it’s a work-in-progress that keeps her busy and happy. Continue reading "Member Garden: Janis Solomon"
I grew up in a small town of retired farmers in Freeport, Illinois, west of Rockford. My parents’ yard included many native plants, but we didn’t think of them that way. Continue reading "Member Garden: Kay MacNeil"
Drew Lathin calls it a no-brainer. “I have always been interested in gardening and just started reading about native plants,” he says. So, converting his lot to native plants in 2014 was a simple choice. “I could have beauty and habitat in the same place.” Continue reading "Member Garden: Drew Lathin"
One step at a time. For nine years, Sally Wencel has been incrementally working convert her yard into a paradise for pollinators and other animals. Continue reading "Member Garden: Sally Wencel"
Twenty years ago, Marilynn and Tom Torkelson moved into their new home in the rolling suburb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis. Traditional gardeners, their primary interest was growing veggies and their biggest crop was turf grass. Continue reading "Member Garden: Marilynn and Tom Torkelson"
When Carol and Bob Niendorf purchased their home in 1987, there was minimal landscaping. Basically just two pines and three birch trees surrounded their home that was carved out of a 160-acre farm dating back to 1850. Continue reading "Member Garden: Carol and Bob Niendorf"
Todd Crail knows you don’t need a big to make a big impact. Crail of Toledo, Ohio, has only one-fifth acre city lot, but that lot, named the Metal House Farm and Preserve, is brimming with gardens that represent different communities of plants, as well as food gardens, chickens and just enough turf grass to […] Continue reading "Member Garden: Todd Crail"
Since 1972, it has been a work in progress. But in that time Ken and Judy Sikora, of Howard, Wisconsin, have transformed their yard once filled mainly with grass into a private nature preserve. Continue reading "Member Garden: Ken and Judy Sikora"
Starting from scratch took on new meaning for Kathy McDonald when she downsized and moved to an older home five years ago. Continue reading "Member Garden: Kathy McDonald"