Sustainable Landscaping & Native Plants

What are Native Plants? A native plant, also called indigenous, is a plant that has naturally evolved in a particular region without human intervention. What are some benefits of Native Plants? [...]

Being the wife of a Landscape Architect, you would think I would know something about plants and landscape design, but the reality is, I didn’t know much at all. Not only about traditional [...]

With the school year now over, it is a great time to introduce your children to the idea of helping with summer landscaping. Getting your children outdoors to participate in yard work can be both [...]

Fall is the best time to plant flowering trees, shrubs & perennials –the temps are cooler and typically we have more rain. Landscape contractors also love to build hardscape features like [...]

Here are some additional tips and photos on the prairie burn conducted here at Formecology!                    • Prairie burns discourage weeds and stimulates growth of prairie plants. • [...]

Prescribed burning a mature prairie planting (or in our case a prairie garden) is one of the best ways to manage these wonderfully beneficial (and colorful) plantings. This video takes you [...]