EARTHeim Garden Blog
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Garden Blog about sustainable gardening, homesteading, recipes, garden book reviews. Katrina Kelly is the owner and solopreneur of EARTHeim Landscape Design, LLC. She is a native of Lexington, Kentucky.
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14h ago
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a North American native tree that is native to the Eastern region of the United states. Habit It is a small, deciduous, understory tree growing 20-30′ on average. They often grow in a multi-trunked fashion unless it is trained to have a single trunk. The canopy will form a rounded ..read more
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14h ago
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens is a 55 acre garden located in Durham, NC. It has 55 acres of specialized gardens located on the Duke University campus. The garden is divided into different areas: the native plant garden, Asiatic gardens, historic gardens, and the Doris Duke gardens. My favorite area is the Discovery Garden which ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
1M ago
Hummingbirds are fascinating creatures and one tiny tough bird. Many of my landscape customers want to attract hummingbirds specifically to their gardens. I always begin designing a hummingbird garden with the plants that grow in our area that I know will attract them. You can first build the backbone of your hummingbird garden with the ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
3M ago
The new homeowners of this small acreage property in a rural area wanted to update their landscape and add some fun features that accomodated their lifestyle. The foundational plantings had become old, overgrown, and some of the plants had died. They also planned to make part of their home an air bnb, so they wanted ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
3M ago
This property has had extensive drainage work due to a lot of underlying bedrock near the surface. This is not uncommon in our inner Bluegrass region of Kentucky. We often hit rocks when digging gardens and excavating. This area is unusual in that there are large slabs of bedrock sometimes not even 6″ below surface ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
5M ago
The customer contacted me and wanted to landscape their property which was mostly bare and consisted of a few trees, and some overgrown shrubs. They also had some drainage issues at the side of the property which is a common issue. Their wishlist included to completely get rid of all of the lawn, remove the ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
5M ago
THE GARDEN DESIGN INSTALLATION The garden at this historical home was give a new landscape update this late summer. We removed the old roses and boxwoods and installed a whole new native plant landscape. A garden bed planted near the corner of the property was added for several functions. First, it will help mitigate storm ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
5M ago
Ironweed is a common name of 25 species of Vernonia which are native to North America. Many of these species are native to the midwest and southeastern regions. Some species are as short as 2′ tall, while others can reach 10′ tall! It is an upright plant with tough stems, in which it is named ..read more
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5M ago
Periwinkle (Vinca minor and Vinca major) is a vining groundcover that is native to parts of central and southern Europe in the regions of France, Portugal, and Turkey. It is believed to have been introduced to North America in the 1700s. It is an evergreen plant with thick glossy leaves that grow opposite of each ..read more
EARTHeim Garden Blog
5M ago
Blue Flag (Iris versicolor) is a native perennial iris to the North Eastern United States and Canada. It is naturally found in wetland areas, marshes, and wet meadows. It likes moisture, so it can be planted in wet/moist sunny areas in a home garden or on the edge of a pond up to 6″ deep ..read more