Verdant Design

The Richardson’s wanted to increase the beauty of their backyard. They already had a wonderful array of evergreens, but colorful plants were needed. Verdant offered a design based on the view from their study that shows the new plants that offer color in their leaves (therefore color all season) and long-blooming plants. Some of the plants include: Prairie Dropseed, River Oats, Golden Prairie Fire Dogwood, and Leatherleaf Viburnum.

John Pacyga with Verdant Design was a part of a recent radio broadcast discussing preparations for our changing weather on Louisville’s Public Radio. You can find the audio archive and written form at this link.

The view out the window in May is always verdant and lush. The Wood Poppy is now setting seed while the Cardinal Flower is getting bigger. Even with all of the rain, the water is infiltrating, watering the plants, and not causing runoff/flooding.

Louisville’s Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 15th. It is an easy way to join in with other cyclists as they commute into downtown or other destinations. City officials would like to measure how many people are commuting by bike that day, so sign up to be counted! If you need bike routes, you can access the City’s bike maps as pdf’s. Louisville bike safety classes can be found at Bicycling for Louisville’s website. And if you think you’ve got a list of excuses, here is a place to find solutions. Here is our list of why we see cycling as important to our practice, our sustainability, and our future.

Celandine Poppy or Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) is a wonderful woodland plant that doesn’t require any special effort to grow.  In fact it grows in shade to part-sun, reproduces easily, and only gets to about 18″ in height.  On top of that, it is a plant that consistently blooms around Derby.  It is native to the Ohio Valley, so it is perfectly adjusted to our climate and soils.