Growing for Biodiversity
Dig deeper into ecologically functional gardens that support food webs and pollinators by including native and keystone plants, minimizing lawn, and providing wildlife habitat.
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Spring 2023The first queen bumble bee I saw this spring hurtled across my front yard a few weeks ago, a...
Spring 2023 What is biodiversity? Exploring biodiversity in gardens seems simple at first glance. Many of us define it in...
Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around our gardens face ever-increasing environmental pressures as they carry out their pollination...
Did you know that oaks can harbor over 800 species of insects? That includes only those feeding directly on oak,...
There's nothing more thrilling to plant lovers than discovering new plants to test in the garden. Here in the southernmost...
Read the Transcript Article here, which includes links to resources and images from the panel’s presentations. Welcome to Part Two of...
Winter 2022 Nature is so beautiful when left to its own devices, yet crisply manicured lawns remain a status symbol....
Fall 2022 Until the discovery of the rhizophagy cycle, the story of how plants get their nutrients looked like this:...
Autumn 2022 “I come out every day. It’s therapy, my meditation.” Janet’s young garden transformed from overgrown, invasive plants to...