A flourishing native garden, from scratch, in 15 months

Amelia Petrovic's native plant garden in Oakland is blooming colorfully and attracting pollinators just 15 months after planting began. Ethan Bodnar, founder of Plantkind, who co-designed the garden with Amelia, shares his design process in detail.

[@Mslaralah]

Oh, and I loved the ending! So hopeful.

[@katiecannon8186]

Absolutely beautiful garden. I’d love to see its progression. Hope you post again.

[@Anaturalbeauty]

I truly enjoyed this

[@californianorma876]

I remember joining the Zoom live, and was SO inspired just when we needed something positive (except a positive test result of course). Such a great project, every community needs a Kathy and a Bringing Back the Natives project.

[@bringingbackthenativesgard8975]

Thank you, Norma, for your sweet note! Kathy

[@Mslaralah]

Thank you for being pro active to help nature be. Great job on landscaping. It is so pretty and thoughtful. And…can you share the name of the app you used for the sun’s trajectory on your garden?

[@dankeener3307]

Nice variety of segments of interest. You both are so articulate! I almost didn’t watch because I’m on the east coast but found many concepts that overlap for any area. Thanks for including the caution about night lights and also the importance of host plants for our caterpillars. Love the oak tree! We have two large pin oaks and credit them for the myriad birds visiting us each day. Nice job. Thx.

[@bringingbackthenativesgard8975]

Thank you, Dan for your kind comments! We're delighted you found the video useful! Kathy and Ethan