First, Dare to Be Wild
The Art of Gardening to Save the World
Up close, a wildflower is a world.
© Joyce McGreevy
Here’s what happens when landscape designers dare to be wild. Lavender hyssop, maroon prairie smoke, blue quamash, and frothy calamint run rampant in all directions. The work of creative problem solvers, wild gardening centers you in the heart of nature.
Native spiderwort and wild grasses grow knee-high in Midwestern fields.
© Joyce McGreevy
A Wild Surprise
Now, look skyward. See the skyscrapers. You’re standing in the center of America’s third largest urban area. Welcome to Chicago, city of wild surprises.
Meadows in an ultra-urban setting draw 4 million visitors
annually to Lurie Garden, Chicago.
© Joyce McGreevy
Wild in the City
The urban oasis of Lurie Garden is part of a cultural trend toward New Wave Planting. Inspired...
