Mountain Moss Enterprises offers creative designs for sustainable landscapes featuring mosses for shade solutions and sun surprises. Native restoration projects include indigenous bryophytes rescued from high impact areas in western North Carolina.
Eco-friendly * Almost Zero Maintenance * Year-round GREEN * Sustainable Landscapes
Unique
gardenscapes can be
custom-designed for your enjoyment utilizing moss as the focal feature. The practical advantages of eco-friendly moss are further enhanced by the almost intangible beauty of mystical moss mounds and carpets. The year-round green of moss complements native
plants as well as colorful, exotic plants including annuals and perennials.
Creation of unique public and private gardens featuring bryophytes!
Shade Gardens
Japanese Tea Gardens
Moss instead of Grass Lawns
Alternative to Mulch
Bog Gardens and Rain Gardens
Waterfalls and Streams
Rock Walls and Stone Patios
Native Restoration Projects
GREEN RESCUE of MOSS!
Full-cycle GREEN rescue of moss for Native Restoration Projects
Coordination with site developers, contractors, land-use planners, and landscape design architects who believe in GREEN concepts
RESCUE of moss prior to any site development or road construction
Reintroduction of moss in creative, unique moss gardens and/or replacement back into natural settings
Promotion and public education on the advantages and joys of moss gardening!
For over 5000 years, moss
has been recognized by the Japanese as an important component of the
spiritual experience in the Zen Moss Gardens of Kyoto. Many a hiker has
been delighted by the year-round green of magical mounds and lush logs
carpeted in moss in North America's mesic forests. Mountain Moss
creates moss gardens that allow you to experience the tranquility of western North Carolina's indigenous mosses in your own garden!
The first awesome view of this green expanse with its myriad shades of green and the sculpted textures of the moss terrain is upstaged when you look closer at these incredible miniature plants. Moss pincushions and carpets are actually colonies of thousands of tiny, individual, unique plants. Academic bryologists and moss lovers continue to be fascinated with special characteristics and reproductive process of this non-vascular plant. Join me in taking a "closer look" at the joys and advantages MOSS and featuring bryophytes in YOUR own garden!
On a personal note, I am embarking upon this quest to share my passion for mosses with others. As a moss artist, I create gardens using all types of indigenous bryophytes in unique presentations of lush green emphasizing textures, shapes and shades of green. Using mosses rescued from site development is a focus of my garden features. As the GREEN concept becomes popular, it is my sincere hope that land use planners and developers will recognize this important aspect of responsible land stewardship and determine native plant rescue as an essential step when implementing green concepts. I hope you join me in GOING GREEN WITH MOSS!
Please Note: This site is intended for the general public to learn more about the joys of MOSS and to promote GREEN Rescue! This Web site is a place to start learning about bryophytes from a "moss lover" with practical experience "mossin'" and creating moss gardens. For more information on Mountain Moss Enterprises' projects and services, please contact:
Annie Martin mossinannie@gmail.com