Habitat Hedges – the Friendliest Screening

Imagine stepping from the walled-in experience indoors, out your back door, to a view of multi-textured green, a foreground green that blends into the far view of hazier green. Your neighbor’s trees, the distant hills, appear as they are—connected to the land where you now stand.

Habitat hedge, photo credit GGN

Read my latest contribution to Pacific Horticulture, Habitat Hedges – the Friendliest Screening. You’ll learn how to design a mixed habitat hedge and why it’s essential for your sense of well-being within the built environment. Planting this kind of hedge is the first thing I often advise home gardeners do. It softens boundaries, connecting your yard to the surrounding landscape instead of separating it the way a fence or wall does. And, it’s the easiest way to provide for your wild neighbors—the birds, the bees, and other small creatures.