Native Plant Selection for Backyard Aquatic Gardens

by Katie Bartling Backyard aquatic gardens and small pond structures are gardens where water is the dominant element and there is a strong focus on the emergent, submerged and floating plant community. These areas can provide many benefits within the landscape in terms of water quality improvement, wildlife habitat and stormwater management. Oftentimes, however, we … Read more

INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC POLLINATOR GARDEN IN JOHNSONTOWN PARK

by Mark Eberhardt, MSE Landscape Associates Imagine a public space where borough residents venture to exercise, take a stroll with their family, friends, and loved ones or walk their dog. The space is set in a grassy public park, near the river that is the original origin of the community dating back to 1716.  A … Read more

Landscape Tips & Landscape Myths – The Good, The Bad, and The “Ugly?”

THE GOOD We’re always encouraging folks to create wildlife and pollinator habitat in their yards, but if you’re like most of us with a lawn and some smallish landscape beds by the front walkway, it might be difficult to know where to start. Here are a few steps you can take, doing all three or … Read more

First Signs of Spring: Native and Non-Native Spring Ephemerals

After a cold snowy winter, we all look forward to the first signs of spring. For me they include the calls of spring peepers, the return of migratory birds and the first visible leaves of skunk cabbage. Spring ephemerals, as many of these plants are known, are celebrated widely and literally exude heart warming qualities … Read more

A WINTER DAY IN AN ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE

You’re sitting inside staying warm, happy that you’re not out in the freezing cold. You look out the window and watch the birds happily gathering around the feeders that you just filled up this morning. (I swear they’re waiting for me when I go outside to do that.) Soon the squirrels use their unbelievable athleticism to … Read more

Preparing your naturalized landscape for winter

Written by ROR Member Mark Eberhardt, Principal, MSE Landscape Associates, LLC. Your personal naturalized landscape or any public garden space can not only be beautiful in winter, but also can be functional to the ecosystem. Gone are the days of cutting back our gardens around Thanksgiving and calling it a season. With ecologically sensitive plantings, … Read more

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