Ecological garden design for Middle Tennessee
Native Plant Palette Builder
Explore plants based on your site conditions and design intentions, and create your own reference palette.
Open the tool →Explore plants based on your site conditions and design intentions, and create your own reference palette.
Open the tool →Imagine bees buzzing on mountain mint, goldfinches dancing on seed heads, and neighbors of all ages playing outside. This is possible. Our Music City gardens can resonate with place and pulse with life.
Wild Pulse is an ecological garden design resource in Nashville, Tennessee. From limestone glades to shaded slopes, Wild Pulse works with the plants, processes, and people that make gardens sing.
I'm Hilary Swaim, creator of Wild Pulse. After 15 years in tech, I am recasting my experience for environmental stewardship. I lead education programs at a public garden, drawing from my B.A. in Geography and M.S. in Sustainability. In my own garden, I test the latest research, talk to critters, and perpetually learn from my quarter-acre plot.