How To Reveal Your Garden's Regional Accent

The regional accent is expressed by the type of plants you grow and the suggestion is that these should be native to your location. The article quoted below contains seven tips for creating landscapes that incorporate native plants in pleasing and sustainable ways. The author is Susan Tweit and her article comes from the Houzz website.

When I give talks on designing with natives, I remember the words of Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the U.S. and founder of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas: ?Wherever I go in America, I like it when the land speaks its own language in its own regional accent.? The ?language? she was referring to is the look and feel that native plants give; the particular colors, shapes, patterns, scents and sense of place created by these rooted beings and the communities they have evolved in over millennia.
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