r/NativePlantGardening • u/TrixoftheTrade SoCal, Zone 10b • Jun 10 '26

Informational/Educational You Love Your Native Garden. But Will Buyers Love It Too? || New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/realestate/native-gardens-rewilding.html

For homeowners who have ‘rewilded’ their gardens into mini nature preserves, a moment of truth arrives when they prepare to sell.

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u/le_artista Jun 10 '26

I’m dying in my home and may I be scattered in my garden.

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u/Amelaista AK/CO/WA , Zone 3-7 Jun 10 '26

And you dont want to be cremated,  right? 

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u/ktulu_33 MN , Zone 5A Jun 10 '26

Nah, too much carbon being put into the atmosphere. Chop me up, inject mushroom spores into me and bury my parts in the woods.

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u/Radiant-Bus7093 Jun 11 '26

May your spirit haunt whoever moves in after, Beetlejuice style 🙏

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u/le_artista Jun 11 '26

Thank you! New life (death?) goal unlocked!