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: New England Aster
Aster season is starting! The lovely New England aster is out, greeting our slightly tired pollinators. This is a large, vigorous plant that self-seeds prolifically. Perfect for larger spaces, it requires more management in a small garden to prevent a takeover. A great addition to the September bloom.
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Horticultural Tip of the Month: It's Planting Season Again!
It's time to think about fall planting! As the temperature finally cools and the days get shorter, native plants are ready to jump into the ground and take advantage of the warm soil. Blooming perennials for this time of the year include native goldenrods and asters, but remember to look ahead to spring 2025! This is also a great time of the year to get a green mulch groundcover layer established, using our lovely native sedges for example, which will provide homes for overwintering garden creatures.
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Invasive Plant of the Month: Porcelain Berry
This vine is one of our biggest invaders, especially at the edges of our woodlands and forests. Introduced as an ornamental species during the 1870s, it quickly escaped and is seemingly unstoppable. It is very recognizable at this time of the year, as the berries ripen to a gorgeous shades of blue, purple and turquoise. Once they are consumed by birds and small mammals, they travel through the environment, ready to start a new infestation elsewhere. This is a good time to carefully dig it out, making sure to recover the taproot and collect all of the berries.