an ecological approach to home gardening

Meadow Matrix gardens are robust, ecological plant communities. This ecological approach embraces the environmental constraints of a site and choose plants that will thrive within those constraints. The (mostly) native plant combinations help pollinators and create habitat.

• Attract pollinators, provide habitat, food for birds etc.

• Dynamic mixes of plants with compatible needs

• Mimic natural plant communities

• Emphasize texture and are beautiful through 4 seasons

• Management vs Maintenance: Actions performed across the entire planting, not individual species.

Meadow Matrix gardens mimic natural plant communities. In their natural setting, plants compete for resources - light, water and nutrients. Each plant has adaptations that allow them to coexist with other plant species. As the plants compete they create balance. Underground, they have different root types that can coexist underground because they occupy different strata. Above ground, the structure of the plants also occupies different layers - hugging the ground, above ground and towering above. DIY Garden Kits embrace the environmental constraints of a site and choose plants that will thrive within those constraints.