August 2023
Discover the inner and outer beauty of some of Good Natured Landscapes LLC owner Denise Sandoval’s favorite native plants through the seasons. Denise will discuss those plants that she uses most often in her designs because they are beautiful, versatile, and easy to grow. These plants do well in clay soils, are easy to find locally, take a range of conditions, and look good in small-medium landscapes, as well as larger landscapes. Learn about their physical attributes, their behavior, how to use them in the garden, plus some of wildlife they support. A handout with her recommended plant list, design tips, and wildlife information will be provided.
Denise Sandoval is the landscape designer and owner of Good-Natured Landscapes, LLC. She started her business in 2005 to create beautiful, functional, and kind-to-the-Earth landscapes for Illinois’ far Western suburbs featuring native plants. She discovered the beauty and benefits of native plants while volunteering at a restoration site and working on her horticulture degree in 2003. Her expertise is blending creative, artistic design with local ecology, to ensure every landscape is environmentally friendly and also visually appealing and functional for humans. One of her design projects received the “Chicago Wilderness Native Landscaping and Conservation Award” in 2014. She’s been gardening with native plants in her own yard for over 20 years, growing from seed, performing prescribed burns, and installing her first rain garden in 2004. She served on the Wild Ones Greater DuPage board for 15 years and was a Conservation@Home Assistant for 6 years. Before starting her business, she worked retail at the “original” Natural Garden native plant nursery on Route 64, in St. Charles. Denise’s greatest inspiration and teacher is the natural world.
This in-person program will be held at the Cherry Valley Public Library, in Cherry Valley Illinois. While our speaker will join us via Zoom, please join us at 6:00 pm for socializing and a chance to check out our Wild Ones chapter library, followed at 6:30 pm by our speaker’s presentation.
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You can read a recap of Denise Sandoval’s presentation in the September newsletter, which you can access here.