Which kind of naturalistic garden words best for you? I offer three variations of Naturalistic Flower Garden Design. Any garden style and size can be “wilded” by adding more native plants and pollinators. Reducing lawn area is usually part of the process. Options include a traditional flower garden with some lawn, a garden with no lawn at all, or turning a large section of lawn into a meadow filled with native plant species instead of cultivated hybrids.
Traditional Flower Garden with Native Pollinator Plants and Ornamental Grasses
Reducing lawn space and creating naturalistic gardens can attract more birds and butterflies to your landscape. Adding native plants—like trees, shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses—into traditional flower garden design helps build a pollinator-friendly landscape. This garden design approach works well for front entries, foundation plantings, or street-facing gardens. A good target is about 75% native plants, along with removing invasives and maintaining an organic lawn.
No Lawn Naturalistic Pollinator Gardens
Garden Design using Color and Plants You Love
All three types of Garden Designs are designed with a custom color palette based on your favorite flower color and a plant list filled with plants you love. Seasonal plant combinations and pairings are planned for spring, summer, and fall blooms, with winter interest included in the design to create a Four-Season Garden.
Large Meadow Naturalistic Garden
Less Lawn, More Pollinators
A naturalistic meadow garden turns a large stretch of lawn into a paradise for pollinators, featuring about 90% native species and native hybrids, with just a touch of ornamental plants.
A Word about Maintenance
A quick note on maintenance: all these gardens require care. Even the wilder meadow garden could use some help thinning out the more assertive species, so they don’t take over. Also, weeding out maples, oaks, and white pines and any invasive plants that may be brought in by birds.
Field meadows from “No Mow” Lawns
Often, I include “No-Mow Lawn” areas in my Garden Design. You can transform sections of lawn into natural field meadows. Mow it twice a year to prevent the forest taking over. No weeding or thinning required. To avoid your landscape looking neglected or abandoned, make it look intentional. Frame it with a lawn, fence, or stone wall.
What kind of Naturalistic Garden Works best for you? Let’s talk about that and start your Naturalistic Garden Design Process. The first step is to book a landscape consultation. Email me. Let’s start dreaming.
email: MvonBrinckenLGD@gmail.com
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