Utilizing Native Plants in Landscape
Exploring ways to create gardens using native Missouri plants adapted to the given conditions instead of forcing upon the landscape plants that are less adapted to the given set of conditions.
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Design + Build + Research
Exploring options for steep hillsides that formerly hosted evergreen shrubs and ivy. It is necessary to work around a water drainage area that
Site
Exploring options for steep hillsides that formerly hosted evergreen shrubs and ivy. It is necessary to work around a water drainage area that
Design + Build + Research
Utilizing volunteer labor to clear the land of shrubs, vines and weeds. Then edging the boundaries of the garden and mulching it so that we may plant a variety of small native trees and shrubs, with the hope to eventually plant perennial flowers and sedges.
Installation
Utilizing volunteer labor to clear the land of shrubs, vines and weeds. Then edging the boundaries of the garden and mulching it so that we may plant a variety of small native trees and shrubs, with the hope to eventually plant perennial flowers and sedges.
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Features to work around
Scale of the Slope
Stage 1: Mulching, edging, and tree planting
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