Sunny Meadow-Inspired Garden (9 Plants)

Heat-loving · Pollinator-forward · Designed for movement

Available May 23–May 30 · Pickup at the Montclair Farmers Market

Bring the feeling of an open summer meadow into your garden with this sun-loving 3 x 6 foot planting. Thoughtfully layered for height, color, and texture, this design combines bright blooms with soft grasses that move in the breeze. It creates a space that feels alive, relaxed, and full of pollinators.

Like all Hope Grows gardens, this planting was designed to thrive in Northern New Jersey conditions and take the guesswork out of plant pairing and layout.

What's included

• 9 native plants
  • 3 × Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
  • 3 × Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
  • 3 × Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
• A professionally designed planting layout showing spacing and placement
• A rendered garden image to help you visualize the finished planting
• Individual plant cards with growing conditions and ecological notes

Optional add-on:
A life-size 9-plant roll-out planting template for step-by-step guidance at planting time.

What this garden needs

• Sun: Full sun to part sun
• Soil: Average to moist, well-drained
• Care: Regular watering during the first growing season to help roots establish

Why we love this garden

• Anchored by Yellow Coneflower, bringing height, long bloom, and cheerful midsummer-to-fall color
• Softened with Purple Lovegrass, adding airy movement and a dreamy haze of pink-purple seed heads
• Swamp Milkweed offers height, structure, and a vibrant pop of pink

Why wildlife loves this garden

• Continuous nectar from mid-summer through fall for bees and butterflies
• Swamp Milkweed is among the most preferred milkweeds for Monarch egg-laying; Purple Lovegrass hosts the Zabulon Skipper
• Seeds that feed birds and small mammals into fall and winter