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A failed public garden planting bed with bare soil, thinning plants, and patchy growth caused by improper site preparation and poor rooting conditions.

A failed public garden planting bed with bare soil, thinning plants, and patchy growth caused by improper site preparation and poor rooting conditions.

10 Common Garden and Landscape Mistakes People Make

A promising public garden began to fail when improper site preparation left a deep layer of compacted gravel beneath the planting area. This post looks at what went wrong, why the planting could not establish, and how the garden was rebuilt and restored.

Stephen Coan

Apr 47 min read

Yellow-tail swallowtail butterfly feeding on a purple coneflower 'Magnus' - Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

Yellow-tail swallowtail butterfly feeding on a purple coneflower 'Magnus' - Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

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Stephen Coan

Jan 1, 20251 min read

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