Grow Wild
Native Maine plants liven up landscapes that have grown a little too tame.
By Kim Ridley
Claire Ackroyd is smitten with Maine's native flora -- not exactly what you'd expect from an English horticulturalist. A landscape and garden designer based in Orono, Ackroyd often uses native plants in her designs. She says those who equate "native" with "boring" have it all wrong."You're not giving up something beautiful because you're working with native plants," says Ackroyd, who designs gardens in Maine and elsewhere around the country. "I mean, what is more fabulous than jack-in-the-pulpit? It's a totally whacked-out, amazing, exotic-looking thing, but we think it's ordinary because we see it all the time.
