10 Ideas for Designing a Meadow Garden Dream up a meadow in your own backyard with these top planting and design tips What Is a Meadow Garden? A meadow garden is an environmentally-friendly alternative to a turf lawn. Primarily planted with unthirsty grasses, meadows get added visual interest from wildflowers and natives. And gardeners who favor a light touch will love the low maintenance of a meadow garden: poor soil is actually favorable to meadow plants, so no compost, fertilizer, or…

Many positive things can be said for planting a meadow garden, but meadows aren't one size fits all. Learn elements of different meadow garden designs.

The latest trend is for wildflower garden ideas featuring hazy swathes of planting and a wash of pretty pastel colors

Create a meadow you can frolic through.

John Greenlee paints with grasses. His colorful meadow gardens, created for clients around the world, are environmentally friendly alternatives to a tradit

Creating a wildflower meadow from existing lawn is a very effective way to create meadow. You may already have wildflowers present which will boost wildlife! In this article I explain how to make a wildflower meadow from lawn with either seeds or plugs.

This reader transformed a lawn into a magical meadow garden in California. See this water-wise and colorful garden, here.

Looking for beautiful plants and design ideas for your pollinator garden? Take a tour of this wild yet refined property for endless inspiration.