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Longleaf Pine Restoration and the Art of Restraint in Modern Landscape Design
Essay • Longleaf Pine • Restoration & Design Longleaf, Reimagined An opinion piece from a student of horticulture—and a lover of design. Longleaf pine stand (Osceola National Forest, Florida). Image...
Spring Planning, Edited: Designing with Ecological Leaders (and Letting the Laggards Behave)
Spring Planning • Design + Ecology The Garden as Host Spring landscape planning that cherishes origin — and shapes the story of a new home. A design-forward method for evolving...
An Exploration of the Conradina Genus
Woodlanders Botanicals Conradina: the scrubland rosemary that teaches you how to design with place A genus that looks Mediterranean, smells like the mint family it belongs to, and tells the...
Myrica rubra (Yangmei): The Fruit That Won’t Wait
Plant Profile • Orchard Curiosity • Cultural Fruit Myrica rubra (Yangmei): The Fruit That Won’t Wait An evergreen tree with a famously brief season—part botanical riddle, part culinary obsession, and...
Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus): the swamp’s camellia—and a masterclass in place-based design
Woodlanders Field Guide Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus): the swamp’s camellia—and a masterclass in place-based design A design-forward, research-backed profile for landscape designers, gardeners, and curious plant lovers— with Woodlanders field notes...
Clinopodium: The Soft Power of the Mint Family
Woodlanders Botanical Journal Clinopodium: The Soft Power of the Mint Family A genus that doesn’t shout—yet somehow holds a garden together. A story of scent, ecology, and design restraint from...
The Enchanted Trees of the South
Woodlanders Botanicals · Ethnobotany · Southern Ecology The Enchanted Trees of the South A botanical history of belief, survival, and synthesis in North America—told in leaf, smoke, and root, with...
Ilex vomitoria ‘Yawkey’: The yellow-berried yaupon that sells out in winter
Woodlanders Botanicals • Plant Portrait Ilex vomitoria ‘Yawkey’ The yellow-berried yaupon that sells out in winter—its coastal origin story, botanical character, and the quiet cultural gravity behind its leaves. In...