Echinacea purpurea

Conoclinium coelestinum

Penstemon digitalis 'Huskers Red'

Physostegia virginiana is a great plant for adding late summer color to your garden

Silphium terebinthinaceum is the best kept secret in gardening and everybody needs to know about it.

Mugwort is an incredibly invasive species and it can’t be ignored.

New Pennsylvania project is about to start construction. Design and build is a great way to do a renovation.

Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), native to the eastern United States, is a stunning deciduous shrub that blooms in late fall to early winter with bright yellow, spidery flowers. This easy-to-grow plant is a perfect choice for eco-conscious gardeners who are seeking year-round interest.

The cost of materials and labor for construction projects is dramatically changing - and make 2025 look good to start a home improvement project.

the first project in the GIP-C program is in South Orange, NJ and it’s called the Rain Park.

Before asphalt, driveways were made of stone, oyster shells, or dirt. Yet, at some point, we replaced those natural, sustainable materials with blacktop, one of the most harmful substances, and placed it right next to our homes. Now it’s time to rethink this choice and replace blacktop with something more sustainable that will benefit both us and the environment.

The way to get the Dutch Wave effect is to use more plants in a way that gets the plants to look natural. easier said than done.

The Dutch Wave has 3 major parts to it: use only perennials, use lots and lots of them and do it in a way that feels like nature.

The GIP-C Program wants to help rehabilitate, improve and beautify existing green infrastructure throughout Essex, Union and Morris County. We partner with organizations and municipalities to offer regular maintenance for targeted rain gardens that creates obvious benefits.

The Dutch Wave is a new movement in gardening to use perennials and grasses in ways that show naturalistic patterns and other characteristics. Two men have pioneered the movement. the first was Karl Foerster and the second Piet Oudolf.

Weeds are often defined as plants growing where they are unwelcome. What makes these plants so undesirable? What sort of problems can they cause? Can weeds be useful? Beneficial even? Let's take a closer look at the wonderful world of weeds.

'Red October' is a show stopper with year-round beauty. Click here to read more about this amazing plant!

Native plants are those that are indigenous to a specific region, and have evolved to support the ecosystems in that area. These plants have formed symbiotic relationships with native wildlife over hundreds or thousands of years, and therefore offer the most sustainable habitat. Click below to read more about the  benefits of these types of plants. 

Native plants play a very important role in our ecosystems. They support local wildlife such as bees and butterflies - which pollinate approximately 75% of the worlds flowering plants and 35% of the world's food crops. Native species have evolved over hundreds or thousands of years for survival. So they tend to be more naturally adapted to local growing conditions and often require less fertilizer, water etc. for successful establishment. That means less maintenance and more time to enjoy your yard!.

This project isn't like any other project we've ever done. It's still a work in progress but we wanted to show you the progress we've made on it so far.