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Love Grows Here. Native Plant-Inspired Garden Care in the Hudson Valley

Nurturing our Relationships with Nature through Plants. Ecological landscaping for creative, inspired & sustainable gardens.

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At Love Grows Here we cultivate more than just beautiful gardens ~ We nurture deeper relationships with Nature and the land we call home here in the Hudson Valley. We specialize in curating thriving, sustainable gardens with a focus on native plants, restorative design, and ecological landscaping practices. Rooted in passion and experience, we offer hands on garden care, coaching and education to empower you to support beautiful and ecologically functional landscapes.

Our mission is to provide personalized landscape gardening solutions and comprehensive consulting through an ecological lens to design, restore, install, and maintain beautiful, resilient, and enduring landscapes that are in harmony with Nature.

Native plants play a vital role in our local eco-systems

What are native plants?

Native plants are plants that naturally occur in a region in which they evolved. In the Americas they can be defined as a plant that occured in a region before the arrival of European settlers. Native plants include grasses, ferns, perennial & annual flowering plants, trees, shrubs, and vines. They are adapted to their local soil and climate conditions and are the ecological basis on which life functions and depends. Our native wildlife evolved along with these plants in a specific region and they need each other to survive, thrive, and support biodiversity.

The benefits of native plants abound!

Water Conservation - once established native plants require less water and they are more drought tolerant
Attract Pollinators - they provide essential nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, moths, and even bats. Healthy, robust populations of pollinators are essential for all life on earth!
Low Maintenance - with their adaptation to local soil & climate conditions, native plants are generally easier to grow and care for once established. They require less pruning, deadheading, and they do not need fertilizers.
Vital Habitat & Food - Native plants provide seeds, nuts, and fruits to birds and a variety of wildlife. They also provide essential habitats to beneficial insects and bird populations.
Greater Health - by ditching chemical fertilizers and pesticides we promote soil health, increase biodiversity, and improve health for humans and all living beings
Year Round Beauty - Native plants offer a wide array of beauty, from stunning & colorful flowers and berries in Spring & Summer, to vibrant changing colors in Autumn, and evergreen leaves, interesting bark, and berries through the Winter months. There is no shortage of plant possibilities for creating beautiful landscapes and gardens that gift us with stunning beauty, vibrant life, and visual interest with garden care throughout the year!