My brilliant friend Nick Novick is responsible for much of the ingenuity and installation of landscape elements at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. He tells me that chipmunks have messed with the burlap tubes mentioned in the video below, so some repair will be necessary, but don’t let that discourage your trying this effective slope-stabilizing method.
Organic, cost-effective erosion control — large scale or small: compost-filled burlap tubes
June 10, 2011 — Joy“Habitart” (habitat+art) sculpture serves wildlife and landscape aesthetics, raises awareness
May 27, 2011 — Joypakuataichi on May 26, 2011 “Bees Please” Mason Bee Box in the roundabout at Yew & 6th in Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC. Chloe Bennett Design.
See also: Creature tower video.
Stone walls and native plants produce breathtaking terraces around wildlife-friendly home
April 28, 2011 — JoyKLRU | April 27, 2011 | On a rocky, ski-slope hillside, garden designer Glee Ingram restored wildlife-friendly native plants after excavating overrun exotic invasives.
Take a look at Florida natives in a richly landscaped yard
April 23, 2011 — Joydullard69 | April 22, 2011 | A home in Central Florida with lots of native plants.
Click to view Douglas Tallamy 45-minute program: The effects of non-native plants on birds and insects
April 23, 2011 — Joyaubunique | April 20, 2011 | Video by Frou Gallagher presented by Fayetteville Tree and Landscape Committee.
Envirohome recognized for its green qualties, native landscape
April 6, 2011 — JoyJohn Kohler visits Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee
March 22, 2011 — JoyJohn from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ makes a special trip to Milwaukee to show you how YOU can grow in the winter time—in the snow! After watching this video you will know how you can grow in the snow. You will also learn more about what they are growing at Will Allen’s landmark urban farm Growing Power.
Feeling edgy and creative? Construct a creature tower
March 4, 2011 — JoyWildlife will make use of nature’s snags, dead wood, and stones. If your yard doesn’t have these items naturally, see if you can get neighbors and critters to pause at your property with something like this.
wwtconservation1 | Mar 1, 2011 | How to make a creature tower, the second video in WWT’s Step-By-Step Rain Gardening series.
Native California front-yard garden already in bloom — a visual treat for those of us in the north
March 4, 2011 — JoyStretch your landscaping imagination by viewing this garden-integrated home
February 25, 2011 — JoyKLRU | Feb 23, 2011 | Architecture, architectural plants, and organic crops come together on rooftop gardens that are pleasing to the eye and to the environment. Garden designer: Patrick Kirwin. Project architect: Thomas Tornbjerg of Bercy Chen Studio.
