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.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Plans for 2021

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The New Year brings new opportunities for trying new things in the garden as well as continuing projects from last year. One project that I...

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Saturday, December 19, 2020

2020 Year in Review

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Seems like so many of my blog posts are about removing invasive species. That is a big part of gardening and landscaping, editing out the t...

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Monday, November 30, 2020

Treating Garlic Mustard in the Offseason

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Late last winter I began testing the effectiveness of spraying garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata , rosettes with glyphosphate. Spraying in...

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Oh Deer

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Even though as winter sets in deer metabolism slows and feeding/browsing damage becomes less obvious, deer still manage to cause some major ...

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

2020 Stiltgrass Wrapup

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As we are coming to the end of stiltgrass season for 2020 I wanted to review what I’ve learned about controlling this invasive species on my...

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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Some Planting Dont's

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As we are moving into fall planting season it got me thinking back on some planting don’ts . This was initially brought on by a sourwood tr...

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About Me

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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