Tag Archives: moss lawn

Mooning Over Mosses

moss-step-stones1-7111752

A shaded lot where grass keeps failing is the classic case for moss. This one used fern moss as the ground cover, boulders for structure and Japanese maples for height, on ground the owners had already spent years fighting. See more gardens we have designed · talk it through with a moss specialist Sometimes the […]

Love A Fair

serenity-garden-1024x598-3745695

Moss around stone, gravel and water. It is the surface that makes a rock feature read as settled rather than new, and it needs no soil: cut to fit, pressed onto compacted ground, and it holds by contact. See moss for rock, stone and water features One of my favorite movies is Love Affair from […]

High Hopes

moss-trail1-685x1024-7046543

A moss garden is a habitat, not just a surface. No mowing, no feeding, no chemicals, which is why things live in it that will not live in a lawn. See live moss for landscaping · will moss grow on my site? I spend a fair amount of time observing the small and tiny features […]

Moss Man Speaks – Lawn Bad, Moss Good

tarzan-moss-681x1024-6305800

Converting a shaded lawn? Letting airborne spores do the work takes 12 to 24 months. A moss milkshake puts the species you want where you want it and knits into a stable colony in four to six months. Laid sheets read as finished ground the day they go down. See live moss for lawns · […]