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The “Know Maintenance” Approach to Perennial Garden Design

Let’s face it, time is money and your customers are looking to expend less of both. Your challenge is to create fresh, contemporary perennial gardens that speak to maintenance concerns. Using a selection of regionally dependable perennials, endless natural plant patterns can be constructed in line with specific maintenance budgets. We’ll look at creating perennial plant communities vis á vis time, materials and cost to maintain.

• Take away tips for planning low maintenance perennial plant communities
• Discuss growth habit, structure & textural characteristics of perennials related to placement in the garden 
• Create thoughtful gardens by considering the developing partnership between the designer, plants and nature

Roy Diblik
Co-owner
Northwind Perennial Farm
Burlington, WI