Inside America's Most Secret Natural Gardens: Edwina von Gal (Garden Tour)

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Tour Edwina von Gal's iconic Hamptons Marshouse garden — a toxic-free, native plant paradise where sustainable landscape design meets world-class beauty. How healthy is your yard? Get your free Wildr Score: https://www.go-wildr.com Join the free Less Lawn More Life challenge: https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com EPISODE 2: EDWINA VON GAL Ever wonder where the leaders of the rewilding movement actually garden? Walk on the Wild Side (a Plan it Wild series) takes you inside Edwina von Gal's Hamptons Marshouse estate — a house literally on stilts in a salt marsh, where one of America's most celebrated landscape designers proves that beauty and ecology flourish together. For over four decades, Edwina has designed landscapes for Calvin Klein, Maya Lin, Richard Serra, and Frank Gehry's Biomuseo in Panama. She founded the Perfect Earth Project in 2013 to promote toxic-free, nature-based land care. In 2024, Wallpaper* magazine named her one of the top 50 Creatives in America. But this 4+ acre garden is her laboratory — and her home. In this 10-minute garden tour, see how decades of design philosophy translate into daily practice at Marshouse. Watch Edwina's ingenious approaches to managing leaves and building hibernacula for wildlife. Learn about "tree cookies," "corduroy paths," and ecologically friendly bird and bee baths. Experience her series of ecosystems: meadows, woodland, and moss garden — all created to support native plants and habitat since 2003. This is where the rewilding revolution actually lives. Episode highlights: - Tour Edwina's personal Hamptons Marshouse estate - Toxic-free landscape design and maintenance - Innovative techniques: "tree cookies," "corduroy paths," and hibernacula - Managing leaves naturally without removal - Ecologically friendly bird and bee baths - Sustainable landscape practices for beautiful gardens ABOUT EDWINA VON GAL Edwina von Gal is a landscape designer and founder of Perfect Earth Project. Since 1984, she has created landscapes for private and public clients around the world, collaborating with architects including Frank Gehry, Maya Lin, Annabelle Selldorf, and Richard Meier. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, and Architectural Digest. She received the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art's Arthur Ross Award and Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts. Follow Edwina: edwinavongal.com | Instagram: @edwinavongal Learn more: perfectearthproject.org 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. Episode 1: Rebecca McMackin's Connecticut Woodland Sanctuary Episode 3: Filippine Hoogland's Westchester Native Haven (Coming 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: native plant garden tour, toxic free landscaping, sustainable garden design, Hamptons garden, ecological landscaping, chemical free lawn care, native plant meadow, rewilding your yard, pollinator garden, wildlife habitat garden, organic landscape design, Perfect Earth Project #NativePlantGardening #ToxicFreeLandscaping #SustainableGarden #WalkOnTheWildSide #Rewilding #EdwinaVonGal #PerfectEarthProject #HamptonsGarden #EcologicalLandscaping #OrganicGardening #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden #WildlifeHabitat #LessLawnMoreLife #WildrScore #GardenTour #LandscapeDesign