What if the secret to a more beautiful, low-maintenance garden wasn't about doing more — but about paying closer attention?

Native gardening begins with a simple but powerful shift: instead of altering your land to fit your plants, you learn to read your land and find the plants that belong there. It's a different relationship with your outdoor space — one rooted in observation, intention, and collaboration with the place you call home.

This 2-hour interactive live workshop is guided by a simple map:
See — what's missing from your landscape, and why it matters
Understand — why your plant choices are more powerful than you think
Read — your land, your soil, your micro-conditions, your ecological address
Respond — design that's beautiful and intentional, plant selection that actually works, and how to start small
Imagine — what you're building toward, one intentional choice at a time

Along the way we'll explore the design spectrum from HOA-friendly to full meadow, the layered landscape of trees, shrubs, and soft landings, keystone species and why they matter, and how to find the right plants for your specific eco-region and site. You'll leave with a curated spring starter palette, practical tools for continuing to learn, and a new way of seeing the land outside your door.

This class welcomes all experience levels. Whether you've never gardened before or have gardened for years the conventional way, what you're beginning today is something new.

Includes live Q&A. Offered in the first week of April — just in time for planting season.