LANDSCAPE NATIVE

What We Do

CONNECT YOU:  We help connect people to: Native Plant Landscaping,  Urban Ecology, Ecosystem Gardening, and Biodiversity Gardening - we can also do the landscaping for you (see our Services page). See Native Plant Girl, Ecosystem Gardening and Biodiversity Gardening for great blogs on many of these topics.

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: We cooperate with other groups, non-profits, students and collaboratives to create programs to address issues in urban forests and ecology, landscape design and native plant soucing.  

SOURCE NATIVE PLANTS: We help people, businesses and schools source native plants and help  design landscaping endeavours.

DESIGN: Looking to "Do It Yourself" but want a boost from the experts? We help you design gorgeous gardens featuring native plants. 

PUBLICATION: a Newsletter - the first will be coming in November 2011

Becoming Agents of Change

Global and local environmental challenges can be helped by changing our habits, our outlooks and leading in our home and work lives by engaging in best practices. Follow along our site and engage in some of our programs and take in some of the new information and we can work with you to help demonstrate how a landscape that is native can help us turn the tides of climate change and declining biodiversity, while creating natural beauty in our midst.

Helping You Create Sacred Space

Landscape Native is a London, Ontario, Canada- based company that uses ecological knowledge to engage outdoor spaces as canvasses; artistically beautiful landscapes filled with native plants and small water bodies (ponds, marshes, bogs) are created.

Rejuvenate, enjoy and discover within a spectacular setting while helping recover declining wildlife and native plants. We strive to bring consciousness into landscaping to create more balanced spaces in urban settings.

We can help you in four main ways:

• Advise you on 'Doing it Yourself'
  
• We will Landscape Your Home Grounds
  
• We can Landscape Your School Grounds
  
• We will Landscape Your Business Grounds
  

Doing the Whole Job For You - to get us fully involved, review our Sample Garden Creations and based on one of our theme native gardens of your choice, you decide on the specific vision. This starts the creative process going. 

With the characteristics of your site (whether your home, school, or business) in mind and your vision, we present a number of concept sketches for what is possible.

This includes introducing you to a recommended suite of native plants and inanimate features (rocks, logs, etc.) and the kinds of wildlife that would be drawn to your space. The rest flows naturally as we help you create an oasis at your special place.

Featured Landscaping Native Plant

Amongst many others, we will use many amazing plants in your home yard, schoolyard or at your business location:

Above: Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)

Our Experience

With expertise in ecological restoration, wildlife conservation, outdoor education, and landscape design we create distinctive natural landscapes.

We have over fifteen years experience in the environmental charitable sector, including work for Royal Botanical Gardens.

We have completed several breath-taking creations that that contribute to functioning, sustainable ecosystem that can support high species biodiversity.

What You Can Do

What to help biodiversity, climate change and the beautification of your landscape? 

Phase out your 'aliens', use native plants!

See our native Plant of the Month; transition your home, business or school landscape back to native plants.



News

January 18, 2012

Nature In the City

Come see Landscape Native's Ben Porchuk speak Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM at Wolf Performance Hall in London, Ontario's downtown Central Library.

Lots of great photos, insights and laughs will be shared with those who venture out in the cold to dream about the exciting springtime around the corner.

See Nature London for more details.

12 December, 2011

Heading South for Christmas?

California cares about native plants too! Check out this great site on the importance of native plants in the south west: Power of Plants.

14 November, 2011

Local London Landscapers 

Lead the Way:

Londoners have never been luckier when it comes to alternative landscaping ideas and expertise. Landscape Native is happy to share this path with fellow companies Wild Craft Permaculture and Biodiversity Gardening. Tell a friend, get involved yourself and consult any of us and plan early for next spring!

24 October, 2011

Announcing London's first Eco Festival: Sage Fair - Western Fair District, November 25 - 27, 2011.

"Unique Exhibitors, Free Workshops, Swag Bags." See www.sagefair.com for more information.

Don't miss our on a great line up of eco friendly products, wellness, yoga, Reiki, skin care and lots of great people.

NEW: Landscape Native's Ben Porchuk will be speaking about native plants and ecosystem garden design at Sage Fair on Sat. 26, November, between 12:00 noon and 12:40 PM.

21 October, 2011

"At the end of each growing season in a temperate forest, over 70% of the biomass produced that year falls to the ground. This includes leaves, needles,

twigs, and other organic material. It is then decomposed by fungi, and the nutrients return to the soil where they are re-used by other plants and trees."

Please don't bag and send away the forest's or your yard's natural capital!

To learn more about the importance of leaf litter - what it does for the soil and the myriad of wild creatures that depend upon it - see EcoSystem Gardening blog, "Fall Garden Chores - or NOT."

5 July, 2011

Blooming times are here. The spring ephemerals are now mere shadows; get out and enjoy what early summer has to offer: Below Michigan Lily.

June 4, 2011

Edible Wild Plants!

Wild strawberries are in bloom. See our Garden Menu to learn about some of the plants you could incorporate into your garden to add the spice of fresh, wild collectibles right out your back door!

October 20 2010

Landscape Native's Director Ben Porchuk lectured today at the Thames Valley District School Board's 'Secondary Student Environmental Symposium'. His talk, entitled "School Yard Tallgrass Prairie" was designed to engage the students of London, ON in the recovery of urban prairie to sequester carbon, beautify schools and create living class rooms. For more on our school yard program, see click here.  

June 22, 2010

School is almost out and a young 'artist unknown' created a magical melange (below) from earth, flowers and leaves. Schools with naturalized  yards stimulate, assist imagination, and help both spontaneous play and academic learning. Get your school (Landscape Your School) involved today in creating a more natural learning environment.

Above: Ironweed and above that a third grade school-made artistic jewel.

Above: Rain garden in St. Louis featuring Cardinal Flowers and other wetland plants.