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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love gardening and native plants but there is nothing low maintenance about it. This isn’t Arizona.

Here, the only way to grow native plants in a suburban setting is to be constantly at war with invasive weeds.

That’s the reality and I wish the native plant lobby would be more up front about it.

It’s also nearly impossible to outsource.

The reason people do lawn and bare mulch with shrubs is because it’s by far the easiest option to maintain and to outsource said maintenance.

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NP. I thought 11:17 might have been talking about me but I haven't had to have a tree cut down in years. I did, though, get rid of the turf grass in my front lawn, mulched it all and put in mostly pollinator friendly/native plants.

I think we have different ideas about the level of effort needed to maintain it. I don't see it as being constantly at war. I DO like spending time puttering around doing stuff but I could do a lot less and it'd be fine. A good design and installation can go a long way in reducing the maintenance that is required. You may not be able to reliably outsource the maintenance work but that, like everything, is a choice.

I recognize not everyone likes what I've done or may not want to maintain it. That's fine. I don't like their sterile, pollinator scarce spaces and wouldn't pay money to perpetuate them.[/quote]

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