Lambstrom GARDEN ECOLOGY

ecological garden design, coaching, planting, and care

Clubmoss heaven

Decided in advance to have a Moss Winter (sit very still on a log so most people don't notice me).

More weird harvest news: last year's 5th graders planted $25 worth of saffron crocus bulbs last fall, this year's 3rd graders dug and divided the corms, and now we're harvesting our first saffron threads! This is how I'll make my first million I'm su

Planted cranberries in a poorly drained spot after everything else died and I'm pleased to report that this year I harvested a bounteous harvest of this one cranberry. Let me know if you want to come over for a little cranberry sauce.

This is without a doubt the largest mullein I've ever seen.

My style is called "playground naturalistic" and it's required that you include a swingset.

Aster cordifolius bee buffet

I love living close enough to this pond to stop there for color checks on my run.

Experiments with Japanese indigo: 3rd, 1st, and 2nd grades.

I love a toad lily, 50% for the common name 50% for the cute weird flowers so late in the season. Blue thumbs thanks to 1st graders dyeing with Japanese indigo at school today.

Hi from a seldom visited corner of my favorite beautiful mess.

Me and bee are both buzzing on the fuzzy purple muppet-arm filaments of Verbascum chaixii.

Grass flowers need love too; Andropogon virginicus AKA Broomsedge showing why Little Bluestem used to be an Andropogon.

Most of my time in the garden is spent looking at it through this window while I wash dishes.

I love this wildish type of gardening not just for the bugs and birds it brings back to my home but also because it asks so little of my time. It took A LO

Late summer check-in, been enjoying my woods and salt marshes and family beach days. How's everybody doing?

I first saw Lilium superbum in the wild on my first trip to Rhode Island with my wife @caitlinlambstromphoto many, many years ago, and now here we all are living down the street from each other. I love having plants with memories and memories with pl

I’m Nathan Lambstrom and I love growing gardens that nourish life. With 15 years experience in ecology and horticulture, I design and plant gardens that support wildlife, conserve water, and enrich our home environments.

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