Campbell Natural Landscape Design

09/09/2016

I don't know about everyone else around here, but we are DRY, DRY, DRY! (and hot). While it was on my mind I wrote a blog post on my website devoted to drought tolerant landscaping. Check it out - you may find a tidbit or 2 of use. http://campbelllandscape.com/blog

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05/03/2016

FYI. My friends at terrific local native plant nursery Edge of the Woods Nursery are organizing a tour of my personal gardens Sunday 5/15/16. Mid-may is a great time to check out the gardens in and around my home There should be plenty of beauty and inspiration for the natural landscape inclined gardener. Info and sign-up are here: https://www.universe.com/events/native-plant-landscape-tour-tickets-ZSVH21

Join Gary Campbell, of Campbell Natural Landscape Design, as he and his wife Karen host you in a tour of their landscape located in the Limeport, PA area. As you walk through their landscape, you’ll find many integrated elements including a naturalistic water feature, an abundance of diversity and l…

04/27/2016

Gardener alert! - garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) has bolted and is flowering on my property. It won’t be long now before copious seeds are set and start exploding from pods. NOW is the time to scout for flowering garlic mustard and kill it any way you can. See my latest blog post http://campbelllandscape.com/2-key-strategies-in-the-war-with-weeds for information you can put to use in your own natural landscaping efforts.

04/22/2016

We have been enjoying the annual breeding spectacle of toads at our pond this week and wanted to share the fun!
Watch our video at https://youtu.be/0ZEe2NY2j4s

06/11/2013

Here's your chance to see my own personal landscape. My gardens and meadow will be one of the stops of this year's Southern Lehigh Public Library annual garden tour. A link with details is below. Hope to see your here!
http://www.solehipl.org/images/pdf/2013_Garden_Tour.pdf

05/10/2012

Hi. Still getting the hang of this "social media" thing! Anyway, was thinking of self-sowing plants as I surveyed the gardens this AM. Among the many on my site that self-sow heavily (for good and bad) are Columbine, all the Heuchera and Northern Sea Oats. Wondering what others have that self-sow, perhaps more than expected (for better or worse)??

03/07/2012

We have an ideal window for late winter pruning of woodies; dry, warm and warming. I like to wait until later for some species that "bleed" a lot, like Nyssa, Carpinus, and most Acer (but it's not critical). So sharpen up those pruners!

02/17/2012

The birds don't know the date! A pair of bluebirds were checking out some of the next boxes on my property today. Talk about early.

02/13/2012

I've been thinking about winter pruning lately. The early spring-like temps have tempted me to get to my annual pruning; however I know it's still a bit early as extreme cold temps can damage fresh pruning cuts. The rather cold past couple of nights has been a good reminder of why it's best to hold off another week or 2.

02/13/2012

2012 Gary Campbell

Ice Patterns. Here's a suprising benefit of having a pond - these patterns appeared in the ice of my backyard pond a few days ago. Just for fun I manipulated the colors to enhance the intrigueing patterns

02/08/2012

While the prose may be a bit dry, the author of this article from one of my trade magazines, does a terrific job of summing up my firmly held beliefs about soil, land care, plant selection and more. It's about much more than trees...

02/03/2012

In case you were wondering - found this photo of Vernal Witchhazel flowering last spring - mid March, in-sync with the early bees and flys