50 Fielding Ct

We moved in one year ago and have worked to establish several new and improved garden beds and tree/shrub plantings, focusing on keystone and pollinator-friendly species. We have a sunny front garden with a newly-created street-side (sidewalk to street) flower bed. The cardinal flower and black eyed susan there (among others) are in bloom. We removed a 20 x 8' swath of law to create a new wildflower bed that includes asters, coneflowers, black eyed susan and more. We will sprinkle new native seeds into this area each autumn to increase its diversity. Already, the flower garden is visited by golffinch, bees, and butterflies constantly. The rest of the front garden has been expanded, and exotic or toxic shrub/plant species like cherry laurel, euonymous, japanese andromeda, and hosta were removed and replaced with an Allegheny Serviceberry, New Jersey Tea, St. John's Wort, salix discolor, red osier dogwood, beebalm, and swamp milkweed.

Our backyard gardens have similarly been expanded, and converted from mostly exotic species to native species. The species there include: Eastern Redbud (multiple); Sweetgum; Silky Dogwood (multiple); Winterberry Holly (multiple); Mapleleaf Viburnum; Eastern White Pine; Atlantic White Cedar; hydrangea arborescens; culver's root; foamflower; wild geranium; golden alexanders; penstemon digitalis; asclepias incarnata; blue flag iris; various wildflowers including goldenrod, mistflower, virginia waterleaf, cardinalflower, bluestar, and black-eyed susan.