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Aug 29
2 min

Making friends with the hummingbirds

Fall is a great time to work on the guest list for next year’s garden party. Hummingbirds make some of the best guests of all, or to put ...

Jul 30
2 min

Making scents of your yard

Fragrant flowers can add a whole extra dimension to gardening, and the flowers of native plants are no exception. The scents are there fo...

Jul 1
2 min

Native plant landscaping: Three factors for success

For anyone who wants to help the birds and butterflies but is not an experienced landscaper, a few design concepts can help make the diff...

May 25
3 min

Lawn Care for Earth Renewal

Let’s say you want to have a nice lawn, but you also want to be a good steward of the environment. Can you do both? It turns out the answ...

Apr 24
4 min

Stay-at-Homeschooling for Grown-Ups

We have all heard of naturalists such as Charles Darwin and James Audubon who undertook long and fruitful journeys of discovery. But did ...

Mar 30
3 min

Vegetable Gardening for Earth Renewal

Now is the time to renew the Earth – and yourself, while you are at it! Most of us are aware of the benefits to ourselves of eating chemi...

Feb 24
2 min

Gardening for Earth Renewal

How does your garden renew the earth? Vegetable gardens, flower gardens, conventional landscaping and even container gardens can all cont...

Jan 14
3 min

Inside Out Gardens

Before we turn our thoughts to spring, let us take this opportunity to plan for next year’s long stretch of cold and gray. Does your land...

Dec 16, 2019
2 min

Native Plants in Public Places

Shopping center parking lots and other public spaces can be tree-lined havens from the summer heat, with beautiful blossoms to induce peo...

Dec 7, 2019
2 min

Native plants in public spaces

Shopping center parking lots and other public spaces can be tree-lined havens from the summer heat, with beautiful blossoms to induce peo...