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A Henrico County Homeowner’s
Ditchscape Project
Ditching traditional infrastructure plantings to better support our ecosystem
by Chris Migliaccio (all rights reserved)
When we moved into our house in January 2022 as Virginia native plant newbies, we had to contend with maintaining a 75-foot-long grassy drainage ditch in front of the property…
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This Garden Profile covers several planting phases and provides numerous photos that detail the progress of the plantings. Also included: A full plant list and suggested steps for transforming your own ditchscape.