Though it can be a few years before a native plant community is well established, once mature it can last for generations with minimal attention. A native landscape is an ever-changing environment of color, light, texture, sound, and motion. It provides food and cover for a wide variety of wildlife. It is beautiful to look at and walk through. Ecological soundness Native plant communities are adapted to make optimum use of resources such as water and soil fertility, and they further enhance those resources.
Soils are built up, water is captured and stored, wildlife thrives.
In human-dominated environments, native plant communities do require some maintenance, but far less than the polluting power equipment and chemicals needed for traditional turf landscapes. Long ago the balance between plants and animals was a function of nature. Today things are different. What we see now is still natural, but is influenced by humans more than ever before. Unfortunately, this means lost soil, water, precious energy, and aesthetic diverstiy.