This hair salon wanted to create a more colorful and welcoming entryway for clients. Before planting, the boulder retention wall was a drab heat island raising the temperature around the building.

Drought resistant native species were planted between the rocks, adding striking oranges, purples, and pinks for clients to admire. Marigolds and mums were used to stand in for butterfly milkweed and asters bloom 2025. The temperature is cooler and habitat for pollinators was created. Species planted/ seeded:

Little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium

Side oats grama, Bouteloua curtipendula

Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis

Purple love grass, Eragrostis spetabilis

Anise hysop, Agastache foeniculum

Panicum ‘cheyenne sky’

Big bluestem ‘holy smoke’

columbine, Aquilegia canadensis

Lupine, Lupinus perennis

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea

Black eye susan, Rudbeckia hirta

Spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana

Prairie smoke, Geum trifolium

Winterberry Berry Poppins, Ilex verticillata

and many more!