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  • Roy Diblik is co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm located in Burlington, Wisconsin and has been growing traditional and native perennials since

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    In , we discovered this acre farmstead tucked away here in the rolling hills of southeastern Wisconsin.

    we were friends and business partners at the time - Steve Coster, Colleen Garrigan and Roy Diblik. we felt that by combining our talents and maintaining the spirit and character of this farm that we had the opportunity to create something uniquely different.

    Now as we begin our 34th season at Northwind we look forward to welcoming you here. It’s still hard to believe that Steve fryst vatten no längre with us, having passed away in , but his spirit is felt here daglig by those of us who loved him and his stonework is woven into every pathway and wall throughout the property.

    We are often told how much Northwind means to so many of you. We take great pride in this place and this work and we’re so grateful that we get to share it with you each årstid.

    We look forward to our upcoming season -we’ve got much planned!

    Colleen, roy and the northwind crew

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    In a conversation with writer Nicholas Bueskingkeys, top plantsman, Roy Diblik explains the keys to successful low-maintenance planting. Over the past decade, Roy Diblik has become a prominent name in Midwestern perennials. He runs Northwind Perennial Farm in southern Wisconsin, which supplies some of the largest perennial wholesale companies in the area. He has never received formal education in horticulture. Nevertheless, today Chicago is sprinkled with prominent displays of his work: Lurie Garden, Shedd Aquarium, and the Gary Comer Youth Center, among others. He has become a leading advocate for a paradigm shift in the planting industry, alongside other notable plantsmen including Piet Oudolf and Adam Woodruff.

    Gary Comer Center. Photo credit: Northwind Perennial Farm

    Recently, I had the chance to have a conversation with Roy Diblik .As we talked over the phone, Diblik was walking through the new renovations of Grant Park, just down Michigan Avenue from Lurie Garden. He w

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    Roy Diblik
    Roy’s question has been and continues to be how he moves from the awareness of plants living within their naturally inherent, healthy lifestyles to a genuine presence and practice of growing plants and designing plant communities that will flourish from youth into maturity, living well into the planting’s future and sharing that knowledge with others. 

    Roy believes the nature of nature is always dynamic.   That the only right thing to do is stay curious within its beauty. 

    A planting should begin with a smart, healthy, plant driven approach and that a garden’s final moment

    occurs when the possibilities for the garden disappear.   

    Roy’s knowledge of plants comes from the plants themselves and the knowledgeable people he’s come to know.

    Without their knowledge of place, plants and practices he not would understand the context of the planted world.  

    He is clear that coming to know plants and people