Seasonal Interest with Native Plants

Parking Lot Garden - 31 July 2017

Every month there is something new to see in the areas that we have planted at Riel House. Regarding the Road Garden and the Parking Lot Garden, our native plants endeavour to grow, flower, produce seeds and prepare themselves for winter. 

To keep you up to date, we have added a new tab called "Seasonal Interest" that shows the typical blossom times for our native plants. This information has been taken from the website of Prairie Originals who provided us with the plants for these two gardens. The inspiration for the document's format comes from Planting: A New Perspective by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury.

Our Parking Lot Garden looks similar to the gardens described in the book. Mr. Oudolf is the designer of New York's High Line, a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above Manhattan's West Side.

As well, we will endeavour to take monthly observations of our native plants. Since we are just starting, our first observation is for August 2017. We will also place our observations on the Seasonal Interest page. Please check on our site periodically for the best times to come and photograph our native plants and the birds and insects that are attracted to them.