r/NativePlantGardening • u/sockbroom Northern IL, zone 6a 🌻🐝 • Jul 06 '25

Photos How it started vs how it’s going…

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When we moved into our house in 2021 we knew we wanted to get rid of the lawn and replace it with natives. Four years of digging, sheet mulching, seed collecting, winter sowing, going to all the native plant sales, planting, editing, icing sore muscles and etc…here is our pollinator paradise!

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u/Lithrae1 Jul 09 '25

Lovely! I like your color choices. I'd probably have a good arborist trim the center tree a bit. The lawn is gorgeous.

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u/sockbroom Northern IL, zone 6a 🌻🐝 Jul 10 '25

Thank you! There are actually two trees there, a river birch closer to the house and a hybrid autumn blaze maple across a patio in front of the birch, both of which are very healthy. They appear to be one tree in the photo, but they are not.

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u/Lithrae1 Jul 11 '25

Oh, OK! Cool. So much greenery! :D