Grow Native Gardens

Making the world a better place, one garden at a time.

A Native Plant Garden brings nature right to your backyard.

“High-five a bee!”

-John Black

Services

Garden Design & Installation

From planning to planting, I can help you make your native plant garden dreams come true.

Contact me to schedule a consultation.


Pollinator Garden Kits

Everything you need for a successful native plant garden in one easy kit. Each kit is designed for an 8ft x 4ft garden and includes plants, a planting plan, and instructions for success.

Pre-order now for availability in late May!


Recent Posts

  • Growing Butterflies
    The best butterfly gardens are more than sources for nectar. If you want butterflies, you need to create a place where you can grow your own baby butterflies (aka caterpillars) by including native host plants.
  • An easy way to help your local pollinator pals.
    Your native plant garden (of any size) can help native pollinators, like birds, butterflies, and bees, by giving them a food source and a place they can live.
  • In the beginning, there was a caterpillar.
    The garden began with a single plant, Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin),the host of John’s favorite caterpillar. He purchased a bush from a local native plant nursery and in less than 3 weeks he had spicebush caterpillars to watch right in our yard…
  • Finding life in a winter garden.
    The purpose of a garden in summer feels obvious. Flowers, butterflies, bees, birds… But a garden in winter? Its purpose is not as obvious to passersby. A winter garden must be looked at differently.

“Garden as if life depended on it.”


-Dr. Douglas Tallamy
Purple Milkweed

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