Wisconsin 2025

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After

In 2023 this site began to be transformed to help birds and biodiversity.
In just two short years, admire the beautiful prairie in the foreground and a love line of dense native plantings on the forest edge.
A 15ft x 40ft space was created in this yard to encourage butterflies, hummingbirds, and moths.
It’s working! In this pollinator garden comprised of 18 plants, moths, hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and numerous insects were seen.
Homeowner will add a variety of plants here to help pollinators and birds and create a vibrant ecosystem.
More than 500 native plant plugs were added to this property this year. In addition, serviceberry, chokeberry, and native Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle shrubs were added. Many of them are already producing resources for the birds and next year is bound to be more bountiful.
This new patio will receive a variety of native plants in the mulched area for ease of wildlife viewing while supporting biodiversity.
Rabbits were nibbling the plants so cages were put around them.
There’s a gap to fill where invasive grass was removed. Always room for more!
Invasive grasses were removed here and new flowering native plants were added, but eaten by deer and rabbits. Perhaps the root masses will produce new growth next year adding more diversity to these gardens.
Homeowner has been diagnosed of metastatic cancer motivating them to add as many native plants and trees to their yard and community.
Shade garden is establishing nicely with blue lobelia giving a lovely bloom loved by bees and butterflies.
Property wants to expand their use of natives to attract insects and birds.
Something was nibbling the plants so cages were put around them.
Homeowner is planting Virgin’s Bower, a climbing native clematis, in a garden that has several other native plants.
This native clematis climbed high in one year and they hope it will flower next year.
The side yard is a small but relatively empty space in which native plants will be added that will attract and support native insects and birds.
Flowers, grasses and sedhes were planted in May, and bees buzzed all summer. This gardener will remove invasives soon and add more native plants.
A hummingbird and pollinator seed mix along with milkweed was added to this bare spot to help wildlife.
Although the milkweed didn’t sprout this year, other species including White Vervain and Purple Coneflower did.
The grass space is about 40′ x 6. It is being converted to native plants. The ferns, dogwood, monarda, and milkweed in the adjacent gardens will creep in while managing for nonnatives.
Daisy fleabane grew rapidly. The garden experienced some rabbit pressure.
Property owner doesn’t want to mow except intentional pathways and they would like to continue to do more for biodiversity.
New beds, new natives, new habitat! And, less mowing.

Remaining Before Photos

A devoted birder who loves to learn about all things nature is mulching this area and adding natives to support beloved biodiversity.
Spot where Canada goldenrod took over. Homeowner decided to start over with a focus on plants that help birds.
This has been a difficult spot where nothing but buckthorn and grapevine have succeeded. Native plants will be added to see if they can keep these unwanted plants away.

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