Sue and Bruce, working without a landscape consultant, landscaped their yard after building their house on the lot. The landscaping is designed to reflect a natural landscape, using native plants as much as possible, with a goal of increasing pollinator and wildlife habitat.


Prior to landscaping, the vegetation consisted of ponderosa pines, skunk brush, and sumac and an assortment of weeds. Sue employed a variety of techniques to eliminate the weeds. In essence, beyond keeping some of the pines, Sue was working with a blank palette.

The landscaping is designed to reflect a natural landscape, using native plants as much as possible, with a goal of increasing pollinator and wildlife habitat.

The landscaping is designed to reflect a natural landscape, using native plants as much as possible, with a goal of increasing pollinator and wildlife habitat.

Most of the lawn areas are planted with Sheep Fescue (Festuca ovine), a low-growing, non-native, non-aggressive cool season bunch grass. One weed whacking a year is all it needs most years.