The PLUGĀ©

North Creek's weekly blog featuring insights on the Landscape Plug™, gardening tips, design ideas, native plants, and garden ecology!

Creating Soft Landings

What if the space beneath your trees could do more than collect mulch? A “soft landing” combines shade-tolerant native plants, leaf litter, and natural materials to create habitat while working with the conditions beneath the canopy.

Rewilding

Rewilding sounds simple: plant it and let nature take over. But landscapes rarely work that way. The most successful naturalistic plantings balance ecological function with thoughtful design and management. Our latest blog explores how to rewild a little without losing the landscape entirely.

The Lawn is Shrinking

Is every open space in the landscape destined to become lawn? Not really. From sedges and groundcovers to meadows and diverse plantings, more professionals are reconsidering where turf makes sense, and what could take its place!