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Our Pollinator Garden Design

Our design features ten species of flowers in bright, cheerful colors, and include purple and yellow (among others) upon our client’s request. We also have two species of grass in order to add variety and help prevent against weeds. The 22 square foot garden faces the south, so we chose plants that survive well in the top sunlight levels. The land is also not on a hill or in a lower-lying area, and it gets moderate moisture. Therefore, we chose plants that survive well in the middle moisture range. We also chose a variety of plants that bloom at different times throughout April-October, allowing the garden to have at least two-three plants blooming at any given time.

Behind our garden, up next to the house and porch, there is a planting box already full of plants that our clients intend to keep. Therefore, our tallest plant height is 24”, so that we do not cover up the plants they already have. Furthermore, the garden is arranged with the shortest plants in front and the taller ones in the back. This will prevent plants in the front from drooping onto the yard, and will allow the whole garden to get adequate sunlight. Our clients mentioned that there have been deer and rabbits in their gardens in the past, so we tried to choose as many deer and rabbit resistant plants as we could.

What the Garden Looked Like Before

Site Preparation

Finished Garden!

**Side note: There are some bare areas in the lower right quadrant and the middle of the second picture. These are areas where we have planted seed instead pre-grown plants. Additionally, some of the plants are very small and nearly indistinguishable during this stage of development, but they will grow. The plants will still be small in their first season of development (summer 2017) as the first year for native pollinators is focused on building roots to aid the plant in survive. However, by the second season (summer 2018) the plants will begin to grow significantly larger above ground and fill in many of the gaps you see now.