Last week I noticed that I have quite a few posts inspired by one particular reader, Genevieve Schmidt of North Coast Gardening, and I wanted to take a moment to thank her for her support, her thoughtful comments, and the wonderful articles she writes at her blog. I guess Gen is my muse and I’m [...]
Doug Tallamy, meet Richard Louv: How Gardeners can Save the World
You may have noticed that I am a big fan of Doug Tallamy‘s Bringing Nature Home, but now another of my favorite authors thinks so too. If you haven’t yet read this amazing book, drop everything and do so now. Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods brought attention to the plight of “nature deficit [...]
Pat Sutton: Ecosystem Gardening Hero
I first met Pat Sutton at a New Jersey Audubon Fall Weekend in Cape May, NJ. She enthusiastically led the listing of the day’s butterfly sightings. She was so passionate about the butterflies and also about the Diamondback Terrapins who were laying their eggs along the beaches that I knew I just had to meet [...]
Doug Tallamy: Ecosystem Gardening Hero
Importance of Native Plants in the Ecosystem Garden It has been my feeling for many years that native plants were the key to developing habitats for wildlife in our gardens, but there was no “proof.” Although much has been written on this subject, none of it was based on a scientific exploration of the subject, [...]
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