<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[EB Landscape Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sustainable landscape design and garden planning services specializing in the native plant ecosystems of the US Midwest]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:58:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Chipping away at blacktop]]></title><description><![CDATA[What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself?" (Mark 8:36 Contemporary English Version) Ecological historian Donald Worster writes that, despite all our technological advances, "we have not learned how to live on a planet that is dead(1)." Rewilding our own landscapes is about bringing the planet back to life, one yard at a time, and with it our own relationship to the earth. We can start this healthy relationship at our own doorstep, by changing the way we tend our...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/chipping-away-at-blacktop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd3c4a798372f8ac83c27a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:36:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_754c589eab164ddeb6bb7f1580211bee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rewilding Your Yard: Practical First Steps]]></title><description><![CDATA["There is no beauty but in relationships. Nothing cut off by itself is beautiful. Never can things in destructive relationships be beautiful. all beauty is in the creative purpose of our relationships; all ugliness is in the destructive aims of the destroyers arrangements.(1)" At the heart, rewilding is a lazy landscaping strategy. Leave the land alone to grow its own plants. If you'd like a bit more direction than just "go sit on your porch and drink tea," however, there are a few easy steps...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/rewilding-your-yard-practical-first-steps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd3593c31b00fb85146af1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:30:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_ccc0a11e6cf74abd8d22c52638e3cf0f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-Willed Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[The great nemesis of the landscaper is self-willed life. Ornamental plants that up and die where they've been carefully planted, weeds that sprout where they're not wanted, rabbits that prefer eating the former to the latter. If landscaping is imposing our will on the landscape, the will of the landscape is an obstacle. Consider the example of a maple seedling growing next to a daylily in a parking lot median. This is a fairly common occurrence throughout the midwestern or eastern United...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/self-willed-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd34d98946a7ddf46f069b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:25:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_fcaaa8817f714d40ba662339e60d38a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Rewild Your Lawn]]></title><description><![CDATA["Whether you are walking, standing, sitting, or lying down the earth will speak. You may give it expression or not. It is your choice.(1)" What does the philosophy of landscape rewilding ask us to do? In a word, listen. We need to observe the natural landscape around us and learn about our local plant and animal communities. Many landscaping books recommend creating a meadow-like environment instead of mowed grass lawns. However, where I live in southern Michigan, the natural succession of...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/how-to-rewild-your-lawn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd3442c31b00fb851466b9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:23:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_96a2bff2d44a4b898c7d1e328fe6c832~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Philosophical History of the Lawn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Physical landscapes are the stage on which we perform our own beliefs and values. Destroying and creating wilderness is a way to define who we are and who we want to be. Lawns represent the individual battles in a very long war. In this essay I will trace the paths of that fight from early medieval European Christianity, through the Enlightenment and American colonialism, down to my own front lawn. Thoreau, projecting his own race-based worldview on the ecological reality of North America,...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/on-the-philosophical-history-of-the-lawn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd334b2d1e950d370ab3d4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:20:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_af1e9977888c42569deebb141267300a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving the Leaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the National Wildlife Foundation, Americans dispose of over 35 million tons of yard waste every year. I know my neighbors are certainly busy gathering up the leaves into their brown paper bags. It always strikes me as odd, especially in a neighborhood where almost everyone's house backs up to the woods. Our compulsion to clean the outdoors sweeps up the stuff of life. The garden bed I created on a steep slope in my backyard is my solution for leaves at the moment. By killing the...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/leaving-the-leaves</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dae7b5515c02011a0fce02</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:31:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_025b2a4fdd69456aa86d86abd25b21ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Walk in the Woods with Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spending time at the tiny nature preserve down the street from me has been my important ritual for decades now. It is the place I've taken first dates and new friends. It's also my place to clear my mind. I decided to get divorced on a walk in these woods. There's something about that quiet space that helps me bring things into perspective. Maybe it's that it doesn't need me at all. Whether I pay my bills on time or do my dishes or gain 1o pounds, the leaf litter will continue its...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/a-walk-in-the-woods-with-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dae6f5515c02011a0fcc56</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:28:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_6e187cc1ab504439a093e12e6e40b797~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_740,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog beginnings]]></title><description><![CDATA[I look out over my back yard and I see many things. I see the tunnel the woodchuck has burrowed under the fence. I see the twirling maple samaras transformed into seedling trees. I see plenty of work I could be doing. I see my home, the place where I have bonfires with friends, the place where a bird dropped a perfect circle of moss on my head, my community. In my memory I see the lawns where my mom took pictures of me in my first Easter dress, my prom dress, my wedding dress. I see out over...]]></description><link>https://www.eb-landscapedesign.com/post/blog-beginnings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dae59b515c02011a0fc95c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:26:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ca11_29757ca62550400a9903d4baaa59ca11~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Emma Baker</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>