WildLawn has installed 100s of acres of low maintenance native habitats for state agencies, municipalities, and commercial properties.
50 tons of organic carbon, 15,000 plugs of grasses and flowers, 200 pounds of custom-collected seed, and 6 weeks of hard labor transform an abandoned parking lot in Queens, NY into an impressive facsimile of a Long Island sand plain. Browse the construction sequence in the images below.
Starting from Ground Zero
Site was abandoned for 20 years
Construction activities abound
Starting the soil Restoration process
Adding about 3% OC back into the soil
The construction team
Starting to look like prairie soil
Preparing the outpaitent entrance
Checking depth of amendment
Spreading more organic content
Night shift starts
Construction team revisited
Early morning start
An unexpected snow
Roughing soil for seeding
Newly prepared seed bed
Our plugs are ready
Schizachyrium littorale accession code
Panicum virgatum accession code
Euphorbia corollata accession code
Seeding
Seeding and covering
Custom seed mix closeup
Planting plugs
Planting containers
Planting Morella pensylvanica
Planting finished
Front sidewalk freshly planted
Looking good
Plugs starting to grow
Bird's eye view
A finished product
Finished product
Finished product
Finished product
Planting Carex
Planting Carex
Last minute plugs
Good summertime growth
Maturing nicely
Welcome to the new T-Building
Looks like a Long Island sand plain
Native grasses in the breeze
Looks like home