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Nurseries won’t stop selling and shipping invasive plants, Sarah Middeleer is convinced, until gardeners start refusing to buy them. To hasten that day, this Connecticut-based ecological landscape designer has begun to identify and promote native plants that can substitute for popular introduced and invasive ones. Sarah focuses on shrubs, the backbone of the garden in our conversation. She also shares her thoughts about making naturalistic design with natives more acceptable to conventionally minded neighbors – her front-yard meadow was a popular sight of summer in her hometown, a regular feature in the local newspaper.
