THOMAS CHRISTOPHER is a garden designer and writer based in Connecticut. His Growing Greener podcast, which informs this column, features leaders in ecological gardening. Listen at http://www.thomaschristophergardens.com.
A DEAD MULCH or a live one? For Larry Weaner, founder of the much soughtafter ecological landscape design and installation firm Larry Weaner Landscape Associates, the choice is clear.
During a recent conversation on mypodcast, he told me that surrounding shrubs and trees with low-growing native perennials provides all the benefits of tucking them in with a blanket of organic non-living
