Inside America's Healthiest Yards: Rebecca McMackin's Secret Garden (Garden Tour)

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Tour Rebecca McMackin's private Connecticut woodland garden — where Brooklyn Bridge Park's former Director of Horticulture creates habitat with native plants and low-intervention practices. How wild is your yard? Get your free Wildr Score: go-wildr.com Join the free Less Lawn More Life challenge: https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com WALK ON THE WILD SIDE with REBECCA MCMACKIN Ever wonder where the leaders of the rewilding movement actually garden? Walk on the Wild Side takes you inside the private home gardens of America's ecological landscaping pioneers. Step inside the private Connecticut garden of Rebecca McMackin — where one of America's most influential ecological horticulturists practices what she preaches. For over a decade, Rebecca served as Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, transforming 85 acres into thriving habitat for people and wildlife. She's a Harvard Loeb Fellow, Lead Horticulturist for the American Horticultural Society, and her TED Talk on ecological horticulture has been viewed over 1 million times. But this isn't Brooklyn Bridge Park. This is her home. In this 10-minute woodland garden tour, watch how Rebecca creates habitat in her own Connecticut sanctuary — the native plants she prioritizes, the low-intervention approach she practices, and the beauty that emerges when you let nature lead. This is where the rewilding revolution actually lives. Episode highlights: - Tour Rebecca's personal Connecticut woodland garden - See her approach to native plant selection and placement - Learn how she manages her land with minimal intervention - Discover what ecological horticulture looks like at home - Watch how habitat creation and beauty work together ABOUT REBECCA MCMACKIN Rebecca McMackin is an ecologically-focused horticulturist. She was the Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park for over a decade, where she managed 85 acres of diverse parkland organically with a focus on habitat creation. She's a Harvard Loeb Fellow, Lead Horticulturist for the American Horticultural Society, and received the 2024 Francis Peters Award from the City Garden Club. Her garden for the Brooklyn Museum won the Perennial Plant Association's 2024 Award of Excellence. Her TED Talk on growing a wild yard has been viewed over a million times. Follow Rebecca: rebeccamcmackin.com | Instagram: @oroeoboeococoao | Substack: rebeccamcmackin.substack.com ABOUT WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A three-part video series featuring intimate tours of the private home gardens of Rebecca McMackin, Edwina von Gal, and Filippine Hoogland — pioneers in America's ecological landscaping movement. Watch how theory becomes practice in the gardens where these leaders actually live. Coming up next: Episode 2: Edwina von Gal's Hamptons Marsh House | Oct 30 Episode 3: Filippine Hoogland's Westchester Native Haven | Nov 6 Full series: lesslawnmorelife.com/wild-side ABOUT PLAN IT WILD Plan it Wild transforms American yards into native habitats through design services, educational programs, and science-based tools. Featured in The New York Times for making yard transformation "fun, educational — and free." Get your free Wildr Score: go-wildr.com Join the free Less Lawn More Life challenge: lesslawnmorelife.com Instagram: @planitwild Facebook: Plan it Wild Website: planitwild.com Related Searches: woodland garden tour, native plant garden, ecological horticulture, shade garden ideas, low maintenance garden, wildlife habitat garden, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Connecticut garden, native plants for shade, rewilding your yard, organic gardening, low intervention gardening #WoodlandGarden #NativePlantGardening #EcologicalHorticulture #RebeccaMcMackin #BrooklynBridgePark #WalkOnTheWildSide #Rewilding #ShadeGarden #NativePlants #WildlifeHabitat #OrganicGardening #LowMaintenanceGarden #ConnecticutGarden #LessLawnMoreLife #WildrScore #GardenTour #HabitatGarden