What's the Secret Weapon of Every Great Garden?

Lawn substitutes, pollinator gardens, and the power of ground covers

Gary Lewis never intended to write a book about ground covers. He pitched a variety of other plant-related books to Timber Press about all kinds of “weird and esoteric things” but the publisher had other ideas. Gary – who I chatted with on a video call – owns Phoenix Perennials in British Columbia where he grows over 5,000 different plants a year in add…