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woodlands and savannas, thriving in sunny clearings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602099705689-9P3XQ4HO2V2TLUA5NYH7/IMG_8638.jpg Ecology restored oak woodlands are characterized by widely spaced trees, plenty of light, and an open, park-like feel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602099663951-LE2OZPPJUSL331K014KF/IMG_8802.jpg Ecology Dodecatheon meadia blooming in a restored oak woodland understory in the suburbs of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602099683726-P5QVN0UU5GZP2BVB51S3/IMG_8822.jpg Ecology a path through wild patch of Zizia aurea in a restored oak woodland in the northern suburbs of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602099674610-3RFW1SZH3M4HCVM5NHI8/IMG_9567.jpg Ecology wild rye grasses (Elymus) are a key component of woodland understory plant communities 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2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101343688-LBKN40FD07KV0TLN2UNF/IMG_3800.jpg Pruning BEFORE - an old rose in need of pruning (toddler for scale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101420999-Y8ZAIBB4S36Y9D24M96W/IMG_20200227_144813.jpg Pruning AFTER - old canes have been removed, whips have been reduced, and only vigorous, healthy growth remains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101328015-545WGCNXMSE99P74PMMN/IMG_0542.jpg Pruning AFTER - in bloom the summer following pruning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101417157-PO5A4KEOGM74UPW772D9/IMG_20200318_113843.jpg Pruning BEFORE - this Japanese maple was topped two years earlier, meaning cut back to stubs to reduce its size, and has lost its graceful architecture as a result 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that will fruit this summer have been modestly reduced to ease harvesting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101335213-XK4QPOS2H53ED85KSZVO/IMG_3225.jpg Pruning careful pruning of overbearing raspberry varieties will yield two crops in one season: a summer crop on last year's canes, and a fall crop on this year's new canes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101340446-2F9IEMIMQOEWS6QAG9BZ/IMG_1725.jpg Pruning a well-tended apple orchard prior to winter pruning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101340758-GWQBHGYVDUSKC1LOZJCF/IMG_1788.jpg Pruning a pruned orchard in winter is a beautiful sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101326011-EX5CB360CEKDJZ2WPR9J/IMG_2196.jpg Pruning regular and careful pruning of apple trees encourages more flowering branches, and improves plant health by increasing airflow 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pruned as a hedge, and resulting growth was tangled and congested https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602102043461-C6ZXDXJXOYD5N91OGQYG/IMG_20200323_163752.jpg Pruning AFTER - minor cuts and removals allow this red currant to function as a screen, allow some light through, and continue to flower profusely every spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602101450902-WPHRFCGP28KGSOMRAUKM/IMG_20200328_162305.jpg Pruning a carefully-pruned red currant in full flower https://www.gardenecology.us/gardening daily 0.75 2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097621413-OFFZ6A5BW1HOCOZ3X3P4/IMG_2639.jpg Gardening a savanna garden of Pennsylvannia sedge and Camassia planted beneath young white oaks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097627557-59TYI1HY6LROYKFM6ODQ/IMG_3121.jpg Gardening the first year of a planted meadow: little bluestem, 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/3e9e7d8a-a7fd-4146-899d-b00017772942/4F6AFD2A-FC77-4EA1-AD3D-DF8B055A0CFD.jpeg Gardening grasses provide excellent fall color in this new pollinator garden in Rhode Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/edb5cb50-c8a4-491a-93ad-eaa7812cc7d1/EC8D39FA-C4E6-4F81-A8BE-9EB768DC42B2.jpeg Gardening Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’ has amazing fall color and edible fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/7eb67765-4239-4470-9573-f93cff80d0f2/PXL_20220811_191416105.jpg Gardening river birch, blue flag iris, sensitive fern, and Primula 'Miller's Crimson' planted in spring of 2022 and sufficiently irrigated from retained rainwater to survive a summer drought with no supplemental watering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/786d6760-7d0f-4e18-ba4e-2c8c7bdf1fcc/91D07883-92BE-40CC-B83C-B18CEBA5CE53.jpeg Gardening small ferns, lowbush blueberries, and plugs of woodland grasses and perennials will establish quickly on this new lawn conversion in Charlestown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/ca326a33-ca0e-48ba-a289-cabafef41f98/1B7F291A-EDF3-4DA5-BDB0-80BF44749800.jpeg Gardening this steep lawn was converted to a part-shade, well-drained, acidic soil woodland garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/68d965a8-29cb-4efe-a0a6-0101cfba6a29/5344A07B-91F2-417B-933E-392715D47208.jpeg Gardening BEFORE - North Kingstown pollinator garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/2e524db9-ee00-4f95-8fa2-6c1ac1f5ccd6/F397E9DE-DEF9-47D7-B761-5043EE4EEE99.jpeg Gardening AFTER - North Kingstown pollinator garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/97d85a12-b3ed-4ab1-81f3-6f80b593f5b2/PXL_20220627_173626606.jpg Gardening diverse privacy screen just after planting, with strategic plant placement to preserve water views https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097695167-4C124QPQLTEW29E9M2IE/IMG_20200707_134813.jpg Gardening BEFORE - ecological restoration-style garden along a historic dam in Rhode Island, prior to weed management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097699141-TR291AQ0W4533X4GIUUG/IMG_20200822_152156.jpg Gardening AFTER - ecological restoration-style garden along a historic dam in Rhode Island, following weed management; desirable plant species have been preserved, supplemental plantings were added in autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/3dc55ba4-9ab7-49b9-a2fb-02a0e570782a/01228F75-4099-4FE3-8162-1D985F96C653.jpeg Gardening Amelanchier ‘Rainbow Pillar’ and Narcissus ‘Thalia’ are first to flower below the dam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/c3ccab7c-4723-4e2b-9610-68f58b4ef829/8CF9C281-9CCF-4000-8455-AD0C2EC47F77.jpeg Gardening fall of the first year following weed control at the dam stream - still some spot management, but new plants are on track to fill in quickly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/72a85280-ae6e-42e7-af94-7d8ce15c49ba/DF518D2A-2D0A-4385-9692-D16B19CED1C8.jpeg Gardening the plants below the dam were selected to withstand serious flooding, so everyone weathered Hurricane Henri with no complaints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097696149-S4NIQ0NCXZBIGXK98KBP/IMG_20200921_111353.jpg Gardening monarch butterfly larvae feeding on revealed swamp milkweed at the historic dam streambank restoration in Rhode Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/cde8147d-f077-4c43-8380-4f159c8c7062/4E072729-D932-49BC-ACA9-276BB93CB917.jpeg Gardening blueberries, grasses, and flowering perennials taking root in their first year following organic weed control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/46a1c55b-446e-4ab2-9425-ffb6a83b7b3f/PXL_20220819_194407556.jpg Gardening historic dam garden two years after initial organic weed management and planting, with minimal maintenance and zero irrigation after 2020; thriving in August 2022 after an intense drought https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/81b5cb5e-c362-41b0-833e-bac42e1bf939/PXL_20220819_194718704.jpg Gardening Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' feeding an endangered monarch butterfly at the unirrigated historic dam garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/bfb2198b-8653-47f3-9999-90bc35ffa0d6/CC771AEC-C028-42DE-9991-83C6B2B308AD.jpeg Gardening Phlox ‘Jeana’, here with Eutrochium purpureum, was the highest rated in attractiveness to pollinators in the Mt. Cuba trials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097640499-6VKT2N5JVFPDMGP8PWSZ/IMG_3928.jpg Gardening hardy lotus in a small woodland pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097621471-ZTA4KG8QCE3AC5HWSY39/IMG_2520.jpg Gardening a woodland garden with an understory collection of Japanese maples in New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097662313-54ZXZ9UFD6UYJV2H48I4/IMG_9287.jpg Gardening fall in a densely-planted woodland garden in New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097613701-5IYLQ6JMLUGXW8HKTLED/IMG_2629.jpg Gardening Tiarella cordifolia 'Oakleaf' flanking the sides of a stone slab staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097620931-45RVJJGPT9FHGD1EVXIW/IMG_1475.jpg Gardening spring-blooming crocus planted in naturalistic sweeps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097641978-ERRUX44DX0T3ADWHX635/IMG_3901.jpg Gardening a one-acre seeded meadow in its second season: joe-pye weed, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Heliopsis intermingle with volunteer Queen Anne's lace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097632028-UFU3P31OECNPI9XPIGTC/IMG_3788.jpg Gardening Echinacea purpurea is a short-lived perennial, but can make a continual showing in wild gardens where it's encouraged to seed around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e76e2b8adcc860b479b2d8f/1602097630100-JGYJU8KC2YVGD11I9MZN/IMG_3732.jpg Gardening mature plants like this joe-pye weed can be planted into seeded meadows to give repetition and contrast with the wilder seeded plant community https://www.gardenecology.us/articles daily 0.75 2026-03-20