Plum Grove Landscapes

05/20/2021

Soil policies should be driven by science—not agrochemical companies

03/29/2021

Form meets function in Niki Jabbour’s new book Groundbreaking Food Gardens where she provides innovative solutions to include an edible garden without abandoning design and aesthetics. See 5 insights from her book including ideas for water-wise and shaded gardens.

03/06/2021

https://www.treehugger.com/engage-senses-with-sensory-garden-5115066

A garden that appeals to all the senses helps one feel fully immersed in the natural world.

12/17/2020

https://www.ecowatch.com/birds-happiness-study-2649413979.html

A new study reveals that greater bird biodiversity brings greater joy to people, according to recent findings from the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research. In fact, scientists concluded that conservation is just as important for human well-being as financial security.

08/21/2020

Less work and more Earth friendly!

A new study shows the nutrition and environmental benefits of more than 600 perennial species—from artichokes to chaya—which address climate mitigation, biodiversity, and nutrition.

04/22/2020

05/23/2019

A forest garden can appear wild and messy to some. Nothing is static when you allow plants to bloom and seed and travel around the garden. However this is one of the goals in a perennial edible landscape. To create wild spaces that give homes to pollinators, frogs, birds, and bats. These spaces hold onto more water with their woody debris, they sequester more carbon with their deep rooted plants and mycelial networks, they build topsoil with their leaf litter and mulch, they create homes for pollinators, and they feed the humans that interact in the space with more than just food. We celebrate the wild spaces and revel in the fact that as humans we can design landscapes that support a multitude of species.
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06/18/2017

We must come to understand how to design our interactions with the rest of the world to ensure that everyone and everything thrives. It's much bigger than honeybees, says blogger Adam Frank.