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Pollinator Gardens
design - installation - maintenance
About Wild Patch Gardens
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Approach
What does 'ecologically functional' even mean? Gardening in this way simply involves considering the relationships between organisms and their environment - including humans; for optimal ecological function, this means packing the garden with generous, productive material to support as wide a variety of organisms as possible. Everything
What does 'ecologically functional' even mean? Gardening in this way simply involves considering the relationships between organisms and their environment - including humans; for optimal ecological function, this means packing the garden with generous, productive material to support as wide a variety of organisms as possible. Everything from mycelium below the soil surface to the highest limbs in the canopy is part of this wondrous system!
Our Services
Our Approach
Our Approach
- consultation: design considerations for optimal health of plants, birds, insects, and humans
- integration of ecological principles into existing gardens
- mindful installations, supplementing existing design or starting from scratch
- maintenance tasks including hand weeding and careful grooming
- skilled hand pruning of herbaceous material, shrubs, and small trees
Our Style
Our Approach
Our Style
- we advocate 'leaving the leaves' for overwintering cocoons/pupae
- we integrate annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, groundcovers, and bulbs to maximize diversity and interest
- we recognize native plants are a necessary component of eco-function, and usually prefer them- we also love nonnatives for what they bring to the party too!
- we time our g
- we advocate 'leaving the leaves' for overwintering cocoons/pupae
- we integrate annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, groundcovers, and bulbs to maximize diversity and interest
- we recognize native plants are a necessary component of eco-function, and usually prefer them- we also love nonnatives for what they bring to the party too!
- we time our garden services to minimize disruption to garden life- nesting birds and overwintering egg cases, for example