Comments on: ‘plants are the mulch’ and other nature-based design wisdoms, with claudia west

By: Nancy D

Nancy D — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 17:42:57 +0000

I found this interview very affirming! I have not used wood mulch in two years! My Garden plants are shoulder to shoulder: Purple Coneflowers, Obedient plants, and other plants interspersed. Just beautiful. Sometimes I have to thin out the hyper-growers…but all in all, when Fall arrives, I “leave the leaves” for the most part until mid-Spring, when I must thin them out so that the sunlight can reach the plants. I helps the insect world, too!

By: Laura Lynch-Young

Laura Lynch-Young — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:19:30 +0000

Working the landscape since moving into our little house in North Stonington, CT. Love shopping for native plants and filling in the empty spaces for less future weeding. Not really sure I know what I’m doing. I buy what I love. Sometimes a hit, sometimes a miss. The misses, I try moving somewhere else. Appreciate reading your discussions and learning more.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 27 May 2024 22:23:02 +0000

I loved this blog! Well, I love all your blogs🌸. I have all your books and look forward to all your posts. I also love”plants are the new mulch!!! That has been my motto for years. I garden on a hill and now that I’m older I can’t get up there to maintain It is still doing ok taking care of its self. Well I do hike up there in the spring to attack the weeds I see. People come to my open gardens and say, you don’t seemTo have weeds. My answer is…..plant close and let the shade the plants provides be your much. I have put tons of compost up there to help sustain it. I would love this book!! I also would love to come to your open garden days. Wish you were closer as I’m in IA. Thank you for all your gardening information. 🌸. Karen