Garden transformation day is here! Woo hoo! We’ve been super excited, anticipating Royalview’s garden makeovers .
We’ve been working with Abbie of Living Wild, in the Conroe, TX area, to give our gardens a face-lift, and at the same time, be respectful to our natural habitat by using only organic gardening materials, and also plants that are native to Texas.
We asked Abbie to concentrate mainly on the 2 front gardens, as our back garden is still flourishing very well. We did have to replace several plants in our back garden this summer, but everything is now growing very happily.
The only work required back here was to remove all of the dyed, black mulch, and replace it with organic, native hardwood mulch. Abbie also replaced a dwarf Gardenia that we had lost.
She surprised us with 3 cute little Blue Daze plants that she popped in. I love these so much!
When I first approached Abbie about transforming our gardens, she went right to work putting together garden plans for both of our front gardens. She listened to our requests for blue, white, and purple plants, and knowing that we love seeing bees and butterflies, she came up with 2 designs that Willie and I both love.
I love how she showed us very clearly where everything would be planted, gave us the species’ names, and then also sent us photos of what each species will look like once full grown. Many of the plant photos also give descriptions of the types of wild life that enjoy them. I’m so happy to know that our little visitors will be happy as well.
It’s going to be so beautiful! I love everything she chose for us, and I love that there are some evergreen plants that will look nice all year round. Having our gardens thrive, and look nice all year round is a subject that we did discuss with Abbie. Abbie explained to us that native Texas plants will of course thrive much better all year since they are native and are adaptive to the extreme temperatures that we experience during different times of the year. They’ll be able to survive and thrive, in both Texas’ extreme cold snaps and Summer heat.
After removing all the former plants and dyed mulch, Abbie and Lori began placing out all the new babies.
Royalview’s front South garden:
Royalview’s front North garden:
Royalview’s front South garden after planting:
We’re very happy with how everything has turned out. It’s going to be so fun to watch everything grow, and see how everything matures together to form the beautiful gardens that Abbie so thoughtfully and skillfully designed and installed.
Huge thank yous to both Abbie and Lori for transforming our gardens. We look forward to a continued relationship with Living Wild, as Abbie will also be checking in monthly and upkeeping all the new plants.
Abbie is a wildlife biologist and specializes in habitat restorations and native landscaping. You can find her online at https://www.welivewild.com/.
I hope Royalview’s garden transformations inspire you to find out more about the local plants in your area as well.
Till next time, follow your joy! God is truly good!
Johanna and Willie
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