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Longleaf Design Native, Florida-Friendly, and Edible Landscape Services

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Organic Gardening

04/21/2025

Before & After!

Latest project in Tequesta!!

This was a perfect mix of native, “Florida-Friendly”, and edible plantings!

This property had a ton of sugar sand so we brought in new organic soil, added a bunch of soil amendments and laid a thick layer of mulch to hold everything together.

The total number of native species incorporated is 51 !!

Almost half of that number are larval host plants, supporting numerous and various butterflies and moths!

A new edible section with a whole range of fruit, herbs and veggies along the back fence. Support plants were placed throughout including some native nitrogen fixers!

This backyard will become an oasis for humans and nature to coexist for many years to come!

Bring Life to your Land!

04/20/2025

He is Risen! Happy Easter from my garden to yours! Take the time today to enjoy the blessings in this world!

Bring Life to your Land! God Bless!

02/07/2025

Sprucing up a native forest and removing invasive species. What a wonderful opportunity!

We cleared and removed a full claw truck worth of Brazilian Pepper, Boston Fern, Carrotwood, and many more invasive species.

It was an honor working with Stephanie, who has been planting natives and managing her "forest" for decades. Unfortunately, the invasive species moved quickly, and the time for a new strategy was now.

We will be monitoring and continually working toward removing and keeping the invasives at bay.

She also has worked hard to create a community educational native garden, which was overrun by Brazilian Pepper. We reclaimed the land and will also monitor this zone and eventually add more native species!

Destroying invasives and conserving natural Florida.... I love it!

Bring Life to your Land!

02/01/2025

Latest project in Hobe Sound!

SWIPE FOR THE BEFORE!

There are so many things to say about this project and I will get to all of them in time. But for now, enjoy the drone shots from this beautiful backyard transformation.

The project broke my personal record for the total number of native plant species planted!

From barren land with invasives to a thrive ecosystem with 85 new native species!! Include the 5 existing natives and we're up to 90.

29 of these 90 species are larval host plants for many varying butterfly and moth species.

My clients wanted to bring life to their land, and they got it! Before we even finished mulching, birds and pollinators were already soaring through the half finished landscape.

Stay tuned for more photos and videos of the project!

11/04/2024

From weeds to crop rows!

Check out this garden spruce up for our winter veggie growing season!

The foundation on this one was already there. My wonderful client, Pam, just needed help prepping it for the season and planting some things!

I absolutely love doing projects like this. Actually, this is the 4th one I've done this fall. I'll be posting them soon.

My client has a bunch of seeds that she enjoys starting herself, but i did plant a few things to get it started, including a couple of plants I grew from seed.

Tomatoes: Kewalo and Floradade
Jalapeño peppers
Arugula
Mustard

I also wanted to show some Blackberry and Blueberry bushes I planted over a year ago that are close by.

Both are super healthy! The Blackberries are flowering, and the Blueberries have a ton of new growth.

This particular blueberry plant is native to Florida. Vaccinium darrowii. I've been experimenting in multiple locations with this species, and this is the best one yet. It's already 4 ft tall and super dense. Blueberries will arrive in June!

It's always a pleasure working on this property!

Bring Life to your Land!

10/25/2024

And just like that...out of Summer and into Fall!

Just within the last week, the lighting has changed dramatically, and the sun is setting earlier.

Playing with the kids out back and was in awe of the flowers right now in the garden.

The lighting was perfect, too!

Hope you enjoy some native and edible plant flowers and textures!

All of these are thriving right here without an irrigation system, supporting pollinators/birds, and giving back to my friends and family.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

And don't forget....

BRING LIFE TO YOUR LAND!

10/01/2024

Flag Pole Native Wildflower Garden!

We installed this over a year ago when we completed this project for Jupiter Inlet District.

However, about 3 months ago, someone ran their car over my garden, destroying the plants and flag pole with it.

They needed a whole new flag pole that involved removing the base of the pole, which happened to be a concrete footing the size of my garden.

In this process, a ton of soil was lost (not that the soil was any good, hot sandy soil w/ no irrigation for many years in the middle of black top parking lot with no plantings or ground cover) and the only survivor was a mere Twinflower (surprisingly).

I took this opportunity to amend this soil and restart the garden. Because of the lack of irrigation and environmental conditions, I decided to add more organic matter. I back filled with native soil but also added organic peat moss, biochar, and fresh Oak/Pine wood chippings.

I planted new wildflowers that love this type of environment (12 species total now inhabit this space) and mulched with pine bark nuggets.

Safe to say, this soil amending along with the summer rains has created a very happy plant community!

Sometimes, negative outcomes create opportunities for positive ones.

Let's just keep the cars out this time!

Bring Life to your Land!

09/02/2024

Before & After!

Latest installation for a shoreline buffer zone in Palm City!

This is the "phase 2" zone where I have been managing the "phase 1" zone for almost a year and a half. As I have mentioned, I did not plant zone 1, and I have saved it and kept it from becoming the invasive plant mess that I found it in.

I'm excited to share zone 2 because I was given the opportunity to design it in a more accepting way for this HOA community.

Which is a huge win for the native plant world for a community to invest in native plantings!

The benefits are tremendous, and the plantings will last a lifetime with little to no additional inputs such as synthetic fertilizers and toxic chemicals.

There is so much to say about this project starting with the why and leading into the design and the plants chosen for this zone.

Moving forward, I will be creating longer videos of all of the projects we do, which describes everything from initial thoughts to the end product.

Each project we do is unique to each client. Some may be all native, some mostly edible/food forest, and some a mix with "Florida-Friendly" plantings.

If you're interested in learning more about my company and I and the projects we create, please stay tuned for these longer videos, which I'll post to my YouTube.

If you or your community is tired of the same destructive landscape practices and you want to make a positive outcome for the health of Florida and ourselves, please reach out or tell a friend!

Let's Bring Life to your Land!

-Cam

01/20/2024

Before & After!

This is one of my first projects of the new year, and also back to work after taking some time off with the birth of my son.

I had an incredible experience creating a native coastal landscape using plants that are tolerable of salt spray and high winds! The plant palette consisted of over 30 native species just in the backyard!

The pool is also salt water, and with the high winds, I had to be sure the plants chosen were able to tolerate direct salt exposure. For example, some plants along the pool that were used are Sea Lavender and Beach Elder!

I love creating ecosystems right in the backyard of my client's homes. Before we were even finished, there were already birds and butterflies checking out the scene.

Out of all the plants, 15 species are larval host plants to butterflies (mostly) and moths.

Truly, I am bringing life to your land! All organic, no pesticides, no Round-Up, low-maintenance, and will thrive for decades to come.

More videos of the before and after and design to come.

Thank you!

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