Today ’s photos are fromJohn Benjamin Kampin Saint Louis Park , Minnesota . He says,“This is the landscape I designed for my parent , who were look to turn a very haphazard perennial garden into something with a bit more bodily structure but that still retained its wild roots . I wish to play with those sort of direct contrast – formal / wild , forward-looking / rustic – and so that ’s what manoeuver this project . We rationalize a series of footpath and a gathering circle into the landscape , lined these with steel edging and used a elementary Minnesota crushed limestone as the aerofoil material . Then we tally in mostly grasses and shrubs to give the landscape a bit more muscle ( it was too perennial - heavy before ) and to add up more winter / year - round interest . I also want to make a good monarch habitat in the landscape painting too , so I ’ve planted both nectar and pollen sources so that there ’s a sort of “ monarch loop ” in the landscape painting . We had about 20 monarch at one point this summer in the landscape , when theLiatris ligulistyliswas in prime . Now my parent love model here in former good afternoon in summertime when the sun bathes the whole place in light . It ’s been so exciting and meet to see the space evolve and fill in . ”So gravid , John ! Thanks for partake in it with us . Your parents must have it off it !
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2 WAYS TO ENLARGE!Click directly on the photo to enlarge in a pop-up, or click HERE to see this image, larger, in a new browser window.Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of John Benjamin Kamp
