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

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

Signs of Heat Stress

It has been an unusually dry spring. In the past 60 days we’ve only had 8 days of rain, hardly invoking thoughts of “April showers.” The lack of rain has not only prematurely ended the spring 2023 growing season but has also left many trees, shrubs, and crops in danger. Heat stress occurs when plants … Read more

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