earth home garden: Our Native Garden

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Our Native Garden

Our Big Bear City Native Plant Habitat has been constantly evolving for the past 6 years and now supports over 70 species of plants native to this area. Since staring this project we have seen a large increase in the numbers and diversity of wildlife that visit here.
Our garden has been included in Big Bear's Xeriscape Garden Tour for the past 2 years and during last summer's tour we had about 400 people visit the yard.

Labels: community involvement, flowers, home, native plant garden, xeriscape

1 Comments:

javaseeker said...: Stunning! Love your garden! I love the idea of opening up to visitors to show them the beauty and rewards in preserving the natural.; 9:42 PM

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: Name: Jim; Location: of Jim and Peg's Habitat Home, High In The Mountains Of Southern California

We are a car-free retired couple living in a small 950 sq ft mountain cabin on less than 1/4 acre at 6,750 ft elevation. The native plant habitat we established on the property now exceeds 100 species and we grow organic vegetables on a small portion of the yard. In our continuing efforts toward simple, sustainable and rewarding lives we bid our last car "Good Riddance" in January of 1997. Earth Home Garden represents what we love in life; our bountiful planet EARTH and all her natural diversity; our cozy little cabin HOME and the family it has sheltered for 29 years; and the GARDEN around us which nurtures so many native creatures and helps feed us as well. It's our PLACE TO BE........... ***NOTICE*** Unless otherwise stated, all photos and text posted here are the copyrighted property of Jim Otterstrom, who hereby grants permission to re-print or re-publish his work, freely, for non-commercial purposes, so long as it is un-altered and credit is given. See the Creative Commons license at bottom of page.

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