Column: A ‘natural design’ garden will attract nature to your garden

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 17, 2021

Natural design for landscapes sounds like a contradiction, an oxymoron. If a property’s grounds are designed, how can they be natural at the same time? Larry Weaner, a renowned landscaper in Pennsylvania and author of “Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change,” explained natural landscape design to a group of  landscape professionals in an online lecture in December. He showed that the term isn’t a contradiction. ~ Tom Atwell