Specialty Gardening: Native Prairie Garden, 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Dear GoNative,
Thank you for taking the time to reply to all the questions I asked. I was curious to hear how a native type garden would be received in another area of the country in a urban/ suburban setting. I'm glad the response was positive and even a selling point. From my own experience I've found a 90% positive rating with a few vocal exceptions. I also went to court, and won the case with strong support from neighbors,
a horticulturist and the local garden club. There are a lot of parkway strip gardens in our town and a very strong garden club which helps. I try to add many flowers to appeal to a broader group of people since the garden is out front. In the spring it starts as a traditional daffodil, spring bulb garden that has more general appeal. The reason I leave the tall grasses (besides attracting birds) in front is because my objecting neighbor has raked out plants if I don't keep it tall and full.
The photo shows the same garden in the spring.