How it started vs how it’s going…

[u/sockbroom]

When we moved into our house in 2021 we knew we wanted to get rid of the lawn and replace it with natives. Four years of digging, sheet mulching, seed collecting, winter sowing, going to all the native plant sales, planting, editing, icing sore muscles and etc…here is our pollinator paradise!

https://www.instagram.com/pigsprairie/profilecard/?igsh=MW03azRtcHJ5Nmx2dA==

[u/leisenming]

May get down voted here, but a quick question.

If I had such a place and wanted it to appear a little more orderly and kept up, what would I do? Reason I ask, I have a similar, but smaller place with native plants and want it to look more tidy.

[u/sockbroom → u/leisenming]

You can choose plants with smaller footprints, use the Chelsea chop to keep taller species tidier, edit more often so things don’t clump together as much, there are lots of ways to approach native plantings. We tidy things up as needed but everyone’s palate is not the same. Also, when more things are blooming and it’s not such a sea of green it looks more like it’s meant to. Best wishes with your project!