Native Landscape in the City

Wildflowers grow in Brooklyn

Today , garden designers Michael and George are sharing a landscape they create .

We are a small garden plan company ( www.bluestemgardens.net ) located in Brooklyn , New York , strive to get more people to plant sustainable , principally aboriginal plant landscape . The pic below are from a project we installed two years ago and is now thriving and buzz with pollinator .

“ I want the landscape painting around the house to count like it did before house were built here . ” This was the directive of our customer in Victorian Flatbush , and we happily accept the challenge . In addition to having only aboriginal plants , the projection ’s other requirements were privacy along the street , as the attribute has one of the only in - dry land pools in Brooklyn , and a designated area for growing fruit and vegetable , as the client is an greedy cook . Our design includes three berms for concealment and a dizzying number of local species—77 in total . The customer is tickle with the results , especially since it presents a alone going away from the schematic , suburban - flair garden in the neighborhood .

It ’s hard to conceive this is in Brooklyn , New York ! Such a lush , natural - looking landscape .

A excerpt of low - growing native plant life makes a arras of unlike textures and shades of greenness .

pinkish bracts ofMonarda punctata(Zones 4–9 ) and the red spires ofcardinal flower(Lobeliacardinalis , Zones 3–9 ) fill up this part of the garden with semblance .

The paths scent through the rich planting .

A uprise George Bush in a container has stop flower , but is following up with showy orange rose hips .

Steps from the home take you flat into the beauty of this garden .

evergreen plant shrub facilitate screen out the opinion of the city to create a peaceful , green oasis .

This is a flower - filled garden .

The wide diversity of native plants ca-ca this garden a great home ground for pollinators and other wildlife .

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