Rebecca McMackin
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first heard May 2025
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Or shrink it drastically.
Lawns should be area rugs, not wall-to-wall carpet.
Leaves that fall to the ground should be left there.
They're literally called leaves.
We should leave them.
Bumblebees nest in those leaves, birds will forage in them, and butterflies overwinter in them as well.
Seed heads can be sculptural while feeding the birds, and old flower stems can be tucked away to allow tiny bees to nest in them.
All of these practices create new looks for our gardens, but part of this work is changing our ideas of beauty.
Traditional gardens were often about displaying control over nature.
But we no longer wear powdered wigs and hoop skirts.
We don't need to be authoritarian in our garden design.
And it's not all or nothing.
There's almost always space on our land where we can go a little wild.
The rose mallow is this tropical-looking hibiscus that grows throughout eastern North America.
The stems are often cut down by gardeners in spring.
But we left them up one year because we found that there were a bunch of beneficial insects that used those stems.
And what we ended up with, I find absolutely stunning.
It might not be a look for every garden, but certainly we can find space for it.
Because a few weeks later, we found a song sparrow nest nestled in between those uncut stems.
And soon, we had baby song sparrows hopping around outside of the garden.
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