Great fritillary butterfly in meadow. Flowering meadow Vegetated buffer, erosion control Flowering urban meadow on Boston Post Road. Low-mow lawn Small gardens for small pollinators

Landscape Ideas, Designs, Plans with Kathy Connolly

Covering Ground

April, 2026
Heal-all Prunella vulgaris groundcover
Native groundcovers, anyone?

This new list of native groundcovers is just in time for autumn native plant sales. My thanks go to the 25 people who named their favorites in my August newsletter survey. (Join the newsletter here.) Respondents live in states from New Jersey to Maine. 

Got Invasive Plants? Who Are You Gonna' Call?
Book Review: Playing God in the Meadow, How I Learned to Admire My Weeds
Birds, Nights, and Lights
Put Invasive Plants on a Starvation Diet This Year
While Pundits Ponder the Value of Trees, the Trees Quietly Do Their Important Work
What's to Love About Public Gardens? Start With the Colors.
Is Your Yard Part of the Homegrown National Park?
Small Changes Help Small Creatures in a Changing World
Spring: Time to Collect Summer's Extra Water Supply
Where Shall We Walk Today?

Speaking Events

Kill Your Weeds . . . With 'Weeds'
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Colchester, CT, Garden Club
Design Meadows and Naturalized Plantings for the Human Landscape
Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Middletown, CT
How to Choose Competitive Native Groundcovers
Saturday, June 6, 2026 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Middletown, CT
Leave the Leaves, Save the Stems
Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Cheshire, CT, Public Library

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