marysgardens

Last year, I introduced the idea of making our urban yard a haven for birds and native plants of the northwestern United States. See https://marysgardens.blog/2023/08/08/landscaping-a-city-bungalow-with-native-plants-of-the-northwest

The goal of our small yard is to create a feeling of naturalness, but with some more deliberate landscaping using a small amount of mowed grass to give it a bit of shape.

I have tried to blend the plants between mowed grasses and naturalized areas to make softer transitions. The idea is to move softly between greenness and texture.

A number of readers asked for some specifics regarding the plants that I had put in. Plant names are located in the photo captions.

We have a small yard, less than a quarter acre in total. The plants photographed for this blog are front yard plants only.

The overall effect looks like this in early spring.

I will continue to photograph the yard as the seasons go by to show how it changes over the seasons.

A tiny little yellow ranunculus already peeks through the grasses.