A homeowner in Burlington, North Carolina, was in the midst of making dramatic changes to their property when their contractor posted photos of their incredible invasive species removal project online.
The thread appeared in the r/NativePlantGardening subreddit.
“I have been working to remove invasives from a client’s property, as well as some general pruning and clean up,” said the original poster. “The client purchased this property about a year ago after getting tired of fighting with her previous HOA about her rewilding her property with native.”
The early photos show a large, forested lot, plus a wide area of low-growing ground cover and leaf litter. Many of the thinner trees are marked with pink tape for removal. A caption on the first photo identifies these as mimosa trees…