Native Plants with Adams Garden

In this blog I will write about my experiences of using North American native plants in the residential landscape in the Mid-Atlantic US. In particular, I will focus on working with Native Annuals and Biennials and how they can add surprises to the garden.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Mid-summer's Little Blooms

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In the middle of summer there are many big blooming native plants like Cone Flowers and Black-eyed Susans. A next post I will take a look a...

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Lessons from my Collards

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An isolated collard plant looks relatively healthy. I've been trying to manage my vegetable garden with as few chemicals as possible...

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Water for the Potted Plants

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We have a much larger and sunnier deck than in our old place so we have nearly doubled the number of pots to make an impact in that space. ...

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

White Avens

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I have curtailed my trips through the woods since the chiggers have become more active. This has limited my search for wild flowers to the ...

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Co-existing with Nature

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There is a conflict between nature and designed human space. We like to have our nature neatened up and easily readable with beautiful pla...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Discovering My Invasives

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As we are coming into late spring and I have been marveling about all the native plants I have found a crop of invasive plants has manifeste...

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Garden is 'IN'

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Mother's Day has past so now it time to be planting the vegetable garden. At least that is the tradition for many. This year we had to...

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Curtis: Knoxville, MD, United States; After about 20 years working in the field of organic chemistry, I decided it was time to start a second career. I have always had an interest in things botanical, especially species that are native to a particular locale. I decided that the best way to follow this interest and educate others about the wonderful plants that grow in their own region was to train to become a landscape designer. I completed the Landscape Design certificate program at Harvard's Landscape Institute in 2009 and have since launched my own business, Adams Garden, where I do both design and residential landscape maintenance. In 2012 I moved to Knoxville, MD where I am continuing to evaluate native plants and work on removing invasive plants from the property. In addition to use of native plant species, I am also engaged in creating natural habitats and the use of sustainable practices in both design and maintenance.

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