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Our Mission
Our passion is to create and install beautiful, sustainable gardens using plants native to the Mid-Atlantic region. Our gardens are aesthetically pleasing, well-designed native plant ecosystems that are as much of a delight to their human owners as to the creatures who live, dine and work in them.
We are a full-service, experienced landscape design group dedicated to native plants. Since 2013 we have designed hundreds of beautiful, tailored, sustainable gardens in Northern Virginia, D.C. & Maryland. Our gardens are biodiverse, and thoughtfully designed, to meet both our client’s needs and style and the conditions of their site. Although plants are our passion, we also plan and install all elements of a successful garden environment, including trails, walkways, patios and stairs.
Our philosophy is that everything in our gardens needs to work hard, providing both beauty and ecological function.
Seasonal Tips & News
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Native Plant of the Month: Phlox subulata
Moss Phlox is the native plant to blame for the purple, blue, and pink flower carpets blanketing NoVA in the early spring. Very popular in native landscaping, and fun to see in the wild, their vibrant colors and small clusters of flowers make them quite visually appealing.
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Horticultural Tip of the Month: Hollow Stem Pruning
It’s about that time to prune away the spent flower stalks of your Joe-Pye-Weed and Hydrangeas. Make some room for new growth this spring by trimming off those hollow stems - insects on the ground can use them for great burrowing, and your plant now has more space to let up some new spring leaves.
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Invasive Plant of the Month: Bradford Pear
What is that smell? Bradford Pears are at fault here, with their spoiled fish-like scents. These fully blooming trees may look pretty in the spring, but don’t be fooled - extremely invasive and awful to catch a whiff of, Bradford Pear trees are extremely invasive to NoVA.