How to Design a Native Garden for Year-Round Wildlife Have you ever looked out at your garden on a quiet winter morning and noticed a small bird perched on a dried flower stem, searching for one last seed? Or watched a butterfly moving among the flowers in summer, seemingly unaware that the garden was planted
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How to Add Winter Structure to Your Native Garden There is a moment in every Michigan garden when the flowers have faded, the leaves have fallen, and the landscape begins to reveal something we may not have noticed during the growing season. Its structure. Without colorful blooms and lush foliage to capture our attention, we
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The Best Native Plants for Fall and Winter Interest There is a moment in every Michigan garden when the bright colors of summer begin to fade, the days grow shorter, and the landscape starts preparing for winter. For many gardeners, this is when the garden begins to feel finished. Flowers disappear. Leaves change color and
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How to Unravel the Secret Life of a Seed Head What Happens After the Flowers Fade There is a moment in the fall garden when something subtle changes. The flowers that held our attention through summer begin to fade. Petals loosen. Colors soften. Stems turn from green to gold and brown. And where a flower
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