From AwayToGarden.com and RobinhoodRadio.com, this is AwayToGarden with Margaret Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

If you've ever tried creating and then caring for a habitat-style garden with native plants,

well, let's just say it's not exactly the same thing as combining a group of hostos with semistil bees and a couple of bleeding

hearts. In the process of writing a recent New York Times Garden column about

wild ones, the nationwide nonprofit membership organization that promotes

native plants, I was introduced to today's guest, the artist and landscape architect

Preston Montague of Durham, North Carolina,

who patiently schooled me in some of the wise

and how-tos of naturalistic garden design and care

that I wanted to invite him to also share with you,

including some very crafty uses for a string trimmer.

So more in a moment, but first these messages.

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Preston Montague of Durham, North Carolina is a landscape architect and artist who teaches

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