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Customer Success Stories & Garden Photos

Look what your neighbors are doing!  We've received great photos and stories from our members for over 25 years. You'll find our "Members' Meadows" archive packed with great ideas and how-to tips. Enjoy!

 
Northeastern Wildflower Meadows:
 
Member's Meadow - West Virginia Highway in Bloom
Member's Meadow - West Virginia Highway in Bloom!  Lots of states now seed wildflowers along the highways, but have you ever noticed how extra-beautiful the displays are when you enter West Virginia? Well, here’s why. Our friend Anna Shahan is running the show, and what a success!
Member's Meadow - Wildflowers for a Dream Home in a Martha’s Vineyard
Wildflowers for a Dream Home on Martha’s Vineyard  The Hannigans bought a 3 ½-acre meadow on Martha’s Vineyard to build a dream, but after construction, the meadow seemed destroyed. That’s when Karen went to work & sowed her own seeds. Just look at the results!
Johnny Scott's Meadow
Magnificent bloom at a Church Charity compound in NY State  Member Johnny Scott planted our Northeast Mix along the driveway approaching his charity-based community. The community enjoyed a bright blaze of annuals the summer after planting.
Member's Meadow
Member's Meadow - 15 years later, MA meadow still going strong!  Years ago, we featured this couple’s meadow in our printed catalog. They saved the catalog, and recently sent us a scan of the page and a photo of the meadow today. Now that’s meadow success!
Member's Meadows - A beautiful riverfront farm in Maryland
Member's Meadow - A beautiful riverfront farm in Maryland  Member Dennis Gilliard is the caretaker of a 153-acre farm on Maryland's scenic Eastern Shore. With wide riverfront, he decided to plant about 1.5 acres in wildflowers--what a success!
Member’s Meadow – After construction, a beautiful quick fix.
Member's Meadow - After construction, a beautiful quick fix.  After a major renovation in spring, the ugly bare ground presented an opportunity. Wildflowers were seeded, and in just a few weeks, the bloom began, and continued to a spectacular fall finale.
Blue and White Blaze of Perennials
Member's Meadow - Blue and White Blaze of Perennials.  Early summer in a wild meadow brings a big beautiful surprise—the favorite combination of lupine and daisies—floral fireworks in blue and white. Only the beginning of Maureen Nikora’s third year with wildflowers.
Members Meadow - Fields of flowers
Member's Meadow - Fields of flowers in the Virginia mountains.  Jim and Susan McDowell have made a success of moving to the country and starting a business. Today, The Valley of Virginia Wildflowers and Country Antiques is a reality, in the magnificent Shenandoah Valley.
Members Meadow - Evans
Member's Meadow - Maryland roadside abloom.  Glenn Evans planted 600 feet along the roadside, and ever since, motorists have been slowing down to enjoy the show. Some even stop and express how much they enjoy the drive-by beauty.
Member's Meadow - Most Beautiful Septic Area in Connecticut  Many of our members use wildflower seeds to landscape a freshly renovated septic system. It's a great chance to plant wildflowers when the soil is bare.
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Member's Meadow - New Hampshire Perennial Parade  John St. John, a member in New Hampshire was kind enough to send us two summer photos of his wildflower garden taken about a month apart. A great example of how the wild perennials bloom.
Member's Meadow - Steep bank planted with wildflowers
Member's Meadow - Steep bank planted with wildflowers  Dot and Pete Ramsdell sent in great photos and a complete answer to one of our most "Frequently Asked Questions"--How to establish no-mow wildflowers on a sloping bank. Here's how it's done.
Living in the Middle of a Meadow
Member's Meadow - The Hoeflers live in the Middle of a Meadow  Joanne Hoefler in Pompey, NY decided she had too much lawn, so she put in wildflowers, and just look at the success! (This story introduces a new use for a jeep.)
Member's Meadow - The Mysterious Sidewalk Wildflower Gardens of Brooklyn
Member's Meadow - The Mysterious Sidewalk Wildflower Gardens of Brooklyn  It’s illegal to plant on public ground in New York City, but that doesn’t stop one of our members who is a “Guerilla Gardener.” She scatters seeds in secret! Here's the story and her photos.
Member's Meadow - Wildflower Meadow in the Catskills
Member's Meadow - Wildflower Meadow in the Catskills  Over the last few years, this couple dealt with new home and driveway construcion on their land in the famously scenic Catskill Mtns. But now, after wildflower seeding, the land is a sea of wild lupine and daisies.
Member's Meadows - Wildflowers rescue a beautiful backyard.
Member's Meadow - Wildflowers rescue a beautiful backyard.  John Stamm, near Binghamton, NY, had to restore a large part of his property after a major powerline project nearby. Now, 3 years later, the Stamms enjoy a beautiful blooming meadow.
Southeastern Wildflower Meadows:
 
Heritage Baptist Church Meadow
Member's Meadow - Heritage Baptist Church, Pensacola, FL  A volunteer church project turned an unused area into a meadow of bloom. The church is on a major thoroughfare, so passers-by enjoy the wildflowers as much as the church members.
My Red Poppies were the envy of the neighborhood!
Member's Meadow - My Red Poppies were the envy of the neighborhood!  Member Vivian Hull seeded Red Poppies and other wildflowers around the grounds of her historic Tennessee farmhouse. Now the flower show stops traffic.
Ritz Cartlon Hotel - Orlando, FL
Member's Meadow - Orlando's Ritz Carlton treats golfers to a spectacular show of Wildflowers.  One of Florida’s finest hotels created a big show on their golf course. Seeded in Oct., its a great example of fall planting and winter bloom in frost-free climates.
Pam Roberts’ exquisite Flower-Petal Art
Member's Meadow - Pam Roberts' exquisite Flower-Petal Art  One of our members uses her wildflower meadow in a unqiue way---she makes beautiful pictures from the flower petals! Her business, "Alexa-Jayne" has raised dried flower craft to a new level.
Memory Garden
Member's Meadow - Wildflower Memory Garden in Cullman, AL  When her great grandparents passed away, the whole family pitched in to plant a Memory Garden. Olivia Wittlock, Age 4, did her part with a beautiful garden of wildflowers.
Midwestern Wildflower Meadows:
 
Five kinds of Sunflowers make a spectacular backdrop for a big event.
Member's Meadow - Five kinds of Sunflowers make a spectacular backdrop for a big event.  In northern Indiana, member Nan Swaidner decided to create a spectacular show of sunflowers for a special event. She planted a backdrop 200 feet long!
Jim Coleman Member's Meadow
Member's Meadow - Easy-care borders of Wildflowers in Michigan  Jim Coleman, a member in Mattawan, MI, has been working on his wildflower borders for a couple of years. His success is a great example of how they add so mcuh to a beautiful home.
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Member's Meadow - First year bloom is paradise for Pete, the dog.  Here’s one of our favorite Member photos. Charles Kunz, a member in Michigan, sent us shots of first bloom with our Midwestern Mix. It shows that even Pete, Mr. Kunz’s dog, loves the flowers.
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Member's Meadow - Great color from 2nd year flowers  Member Diana Edwards sent us beautiful photos of her wildflower plantings during the summer of their second year bloom. Perennials in full bloom create a blaze of color.
Wildflower Pasture
Member's Meadow - Illinois acreage abloom with color.  Larry Musil, out in northern Illinois, is a wildflower pro. He's been planting his acreage with wildflowers for over 20 years. Just take a look at the beautiful scenes he's created, ablaze with color, birds and butterflies.
Minnesota Hillside in Bloom
Member's Meadow - Minnesota Hillside in Bloom  Mr. and Mrs. Tim Thompson of Winona, MN, have been planting our wildflower seeds for several years. They recently shared a nice note and some beautiful photos showing how they've landscaped their property.
Member's Meadow - Tom Jones
Member's Meadow - Ohio lake property bursts into bloom!  Tom Jones, with a new lakefront property in Ohio, decided on a wildflower meadow. Here he is in the middle of the flowers, now a dedicated wild gardener!
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Member's Meadow - Problem roadside a problem no more.  Sometimes it's called a swale, sometimes, a parkway, but that strip of ground between the sidewalk and the street is what was the problem. Look how the Schaefers solved it--with traffic-stopping wildflowers.
Member's Meadows - Wildflowers and Wildlife at a new home in Michigan
Member's Meadow - Wildflowers and Wildlife at a new home.  When our members, the Suttons, built on beautiful land in rural Michigan, they wanted to preserve the “wild nature” of the place. Today, the Suttons, plus all the area wildlife, are enjoying the wildflower bloom.
Western Wildflower Meadows:
 
Wild Cleome rediscovered in Nevada
Member's Meadow - Wild Cleome rediscovered in NV!  Our member Martha Brodkey found her favorite wildflower the old-fashioned way. She noticed some beautiful flowers in the wild, planted a few seeds, and then found American Meadows as her seed source.
English Cottage Garden in California
Member's Meadow - English Cottage Garden in CA  Here's how the Caspar's in San Diego finally got the garden "look" they had been trying to achieve--spectacular English Cottage Garden at a lovely Tudor-style home.
Member's Meadow - Terry Allen
Member's Meadow - Home with two Ocean Views: The Pacific and a sea of flowers.  Terry Allen, in WA state, has created a magnificent oceanfront setting for her home. A dazzling wildflower meadow sweeps all the way down to the water from the beautiful house.
Member's Meadows - Bob Hennig
Member's Meadow - Riverfront Wildflowers on the Lewis & Clark Trail  Member Bob Hennig lives in a very historic spot. Lewis & Clark ventured down the Columbia River in 1805, right past his land! A wildflower garden in this setting is more than beautiful; it’s historic.
Southern California Wildlife Paradise
Member's Meadow - Southern CA Wildlife Paradise  Here's how one member worked several years on several acres of land to create an incredibly beautiful...and equally successful... wildlife habitat. A magnificent success!
Wildflowers in containers
Member's Meadow - Wildflowers in containers, and a field of pressed flowers on paper.  Marlene Highet in Vancouver, BC, has used our wildflower seeds to create magnificent window boxes, patio planters and pots. And she sent us a pressed-flower thank you about it all.
Fall Bulbs, Nationwide:
 
Member's Meadow - Holiday Amaryllis
Member's Meadow - Holiday Treat, a champion Amaryllis.  A member in NY State ordered an Amaryllis bulb, and expected the usual bloom for the holidays. She was thrilled to find that our new "Full House" variety gave her not one, not two, but three big blooming stalks.
Flower Bulbs
Member's Meadow - How to Naturalize Daffodils  Visit Prof. Wes Crawford's woodland garden of daffodils. Remembering a childhood scene, he's created a fantastic spring garden in the woods, showing how easy it is to plant daffodils in a natural setting.
Members Meadow - I love my tulips!
Member's Meadow - I love my tulips!  Karen Tabaka used tulips for landscaping at her new home in St. Louis. When spring came, she was thrilled at how beautifully they bloomed. She was creative in her planting, mixing colors and creating accent beds of color.
Member's Meadow - I now have a rainbow of Irises in my yard!
Member's Meadow - I now have a rainbow of Irises in my yard!  Jack Scheper, creator of Floridata.com, one of the Internet’s leading gardening sites, writes about his Bearded Irises from American Meadows. Jack first grew irises when he was in First Grade. You'll love the story.
Memorial Garden for “Man’s Best Friend”
Member's Meadow - Memorial Garden for "Man's Best Friend"  When Bruce Cartwright lost his wonderful dog, "Tyler", he planted bright tulips in Tyler's "favorite spot." This spring, they bloomed beautifully; Tyler would have loved it!
Member's Meadow - These Tulips are Gorgeous
Member's Meadow - These Tulips are Gorgeous!  That's what we heard from Member Kerry Litchfield who gardens in beautiful Duxbury, Vermont. At her home surrounded by forest, Darwin Hybrids grew big and beautiful.
Spring Bulbs, Nationwide:
 
Better Than Ever Tuberous Begonias
Member's Meadow - Better-than-ever Tuberous Begonias.  Member Diane Zimberoff has been growing begonias for years. When she needed a new supplier this spring, she found AmericanMeadows.com, and is thrilled with this year’s results.
Susan Turk's Dahlia Arrangements
Member's Meadow - Dazzling Dahlia Arrangements  Member Susan Turk, out in Vallejo, CA, is a dahlia expert. She grows all kinds of dahlias for cutting, and just look at those magnificent arrangements!
My Favorite Dahlia
Member's Meadow - My Favorite Dahlia  Janine Dellinger is a member who loves dahlias. She also grows plenty of other bulbs and perennials, but this dahlia is “her favorite.” She writes that all her bulbs from American Meadows keep her gardens in beautiful bloom.
Red Flash Caladium
Member's Meadow - Red Flash Caladium lights up a yard in Missouri.  Member William Semsrott likes caladiums, and he sent some photos to let us know our bulbs of “Red Flash” are well-named. Big, beautiful leaves plus a nice bloom as a bonus.
Member's Meadow - What Great Bulbs
Member's Meadow - What Great Bulbs  Longtime member, Betty Anne Butler, who gardens in Pensacola, FL, wrote to tell us how she loves our bulbs. She's planted everything from dahlias to daffodils, and this time sent photos of great glads and her latest amaryllis.
Seed Packets:
 
Mini Packet Member's Meadow
Member's Meadow - Our Mini-Packets are a "huge hit" at a Bridal Shower  Grace Church was planning a Bridal Shower for a friend, and discovered our Wildflower Seed Packets. With our packets and her creativity, Ms. Church created wonderful favors for the shower.
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