https://www.artisanenvironments.com/native-edible-landscape-design-blog daily 0.75 2026-02-09 https://www.artisanenvironments.com/native-edible-landscape-design-blog/planting-for-success-when-and-how-to-establish-a-sustainable-landscape-in-minnesota-and-wisconsin monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c7dd5805bb88277aef4570/c70858fc-5aa4-46b5-bd32-b8b004a1d585/Native-Pollinator-Perennials-drought-tolerant.jpg Blog - Planting for Success: When and How to Establish a Sustainable Landscape in Minnesota and Wisconsin - Make it stand out A well-established sustainable border featuring Russian Sage (a pollinator magnet), native Culver’s Root, Asters and moody Switchgrass cultivars. Notice how the shredded hardwood mulch provides a clean "cap" that keeps the soil moist and the weeds at bay at this dry driveway edge, which also gets pummeled by snow all winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c7dd5805bb88277aef4570/1e81871c-158b-468c-bd30-da69a97e1700/Planting-In-Fall-Reduce_Transplant_Shock-Landscape-Patio-Plantings-in-Twin-Cities_Minnesota.jpeg Blog - Planting for Success: When and How to Establish a Sustainable Landscape in Minnesota and Wisconsin - Make it stand out Establishing a new landscape in the fall (September to mid-October) allows these perennials and shrubs to settle into their new home before the winter freeze. 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You can also see the gritty nature of the sand in this image, which shows this is a sandy clay soil with a bit of dark organic matter, which helps with low-maintenance plant selection for this specific yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c7dd5805bb88277aef4570/01e9b489-9416-471c-982e-78fcfce5456a/Native-Pollinator_Planting_Browns-Creek-Stillwater-MN.jpg Blog - Planting for Success: When and How to Establish a Sustainable Landscape in Minnesota and Wisconsin - Make it stand out Artisan Environments LLC owner/designer Pete Widin at left helping lead a volunteer pollinator/songbird garden planting day with Sustainable Stillwater at the Brown’s Creek Trailhead. A deep watering and thick, 4” layer of shredded mulch at planting time set this planting up for success, which can still be seen thriving at Brown’s Creek Park near the playground. This planting receives no watering other than natural rainfall. 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