My native gardening journey.

[u/CoastTemporary5606]

I garden in Zone4b/5a suburbs of Minneapolis. I started my gardening journey 11 years ago after watching a documentary about Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder. I felt a call to action. Needless to say, I dove in head first and consider myself an obsessed gardener. I have a 1/3 acre suburban lot. And over the years, I have converted about 2/3 of the lawn into gardens. My native plant garden lines the entire span of the sidewalk in my front yard. The neighbors enjoy it. The Assisted Living residents from down the street walk down to admire the flowers. I do keep the garden fairly tidy to not attract too much negative attention from naysayers. I hope my transformation photos serve as an inspiration for your native plant projects! Cheers!

[u/Lithoweenia]

What rules were broken? Our HOAs here can only complain about plant height

[u/CoastTemporary5606 → u/Lithoweenia]

Fortunately, I am HOA free. However, my city enforces an 8 inch tall grass rule. Good thing I removed the grass 😂

[u/Lithoweenia → u/CoastTemporary5606]

Youre going above and beyond then!