Inspired by the slow flower movement, landscape designer Kathleen Ferguson is 'making people happy' by growing environmentally appropriate flowers at her micro-farm in L.A.
Kathleen Ferguson grabbed a pair of pruning shears from a mailbox nailed to a garden bed and leaned down to cut bunches of Orlaya grandiflora on the flower-filled hillside. 'This property has a pulse,' she said as she placed the white lace flowers into a bucket of water. 'The wildlife is incredible here. I've caught bees napping in the sunflowers.
Everyone my age is into pilates and strength training, and when they suggest I go, I tell them, 'Do you know how much strength training I do on this slope?'' Ferguson's good luck continued when she realized the soil didn’t need a lot of work because the land had never been developed. 'We used what was here,” said the designer and certified arborist, who avoids chemicals. She started with a weed barrier, on-site soil, worm castings, compost and organic fertilizer.
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