That time 90 people toured our garden

This summer we hosted tours for members of the native-plant organization Wild Ones. What it's like to open your garden to strangers, and why natives are just right for the suburban homesteader.

Anthony checking things out on tour day.

By Lisa Brunette

When we transformed our garden from your typical suburban grasscape into a platinum award-winning natural habitat in less than three years, people took notice. Some of those people were volunteers with our St. Louis chapter of Wild Ones, and they invited us to give a tour of our garden to their mem…