Immersive Landscapes With Claudia West – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – Aug. 21, 2023

<p>Maybe seven or eight years ago, in a conversation with landscape designer Claudia West, she said a sentence that has really stuck with me, as she explained her approach to selecting and combining plants.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Plants are the mulch,” Claudia said then, about making immersive landscapes that engage humans as much as they do pollinators and other beneficial wildlife.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Though it’s tempting to choose the plants we buy for our gardens based on looks alone, Claudia and her colleague Thomas Rainer of Phyto Studio, co-authors of the groundbreaking 2015 book “Planting in a Post-Wild World,” have tougher criteria for which plants earn a spot in their designs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Claudia is here today to talk about how the Phyto Studio team figures out what makes the cut, and more.&nbsp;</p>