Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment
In a recent article, Genevieve Schmidt described her view of the planting pyramid, and she made several very important points: Except for removing invasive plants, no-one is asking you to take away your favorite garden plants Adding native plants will help you attract more wildlife The idea of a planting pyramid brings to mind a [...]
This week is National Wildflower Week, and this is a great opportunity to learn about our native wildflowers, add some to your wildlife garden, as well as help to protect them because many of them are endangered due to our relentless need for more development (Do we REALLY need yet another Walmart?) Here’s some [...]
Here we go again. Another supposedly scientific study proclaiming “It’s final. Insects prefer alien plants!” And of course some people were eager to jump on this bandwagon, and again state just how wrong Doug Tallamy is. Dr. Tallamy has written his thoughts on this new study in a very well-reasoned and articulate way. But why is [...]
My friend Ursula Vernon, a fellow team member at Beautiful Wildlife Garden, has brought a serious matter to my attention, and that is there’s some really unethical behavior happening when it comes to the sale of native plants. Do you know the difference between “nursery grown” and “nursery propagated?” Nursery Propagated means that the nursery [...]
Dreaming of Spring on a cold and gloomy day The Great Native Plant Debate The great native plant debate is one that never seems to go away or be resolved, and I’ve written about it frequently here. This week though, many others are writing about it too, so I’m gathering them all together for you [...]
Here at Ecosystem Gardening we’ve been discussing the goal of adding more native plants to our gardens to increase the value to wildlife in our landscapes. But did you know that saying the words “native plant” will send some in the gardening world into passionate heated arguments? I am finding this out with repeated frequency. [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of Ecosystem Gardening Radio. Up today, an Ecosystem Garden does not have to conform to the stereotype of the “wild garden,” says Carolyn Summers, but can be designed to give you any style of garden that you’d like, while using native plants. I was honored to meet Carolyn Summers when [...]
Welcome to the next edition of the Ecosystem Gardening podcast series! In this installment, I’m talking with Doug Tallamy, one of my Heroes of Ecosystem Gardening, and author of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. Dr. Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at [...]
I was chatting last night with my twitter friend @OurLittleAcre, otherwise known as Kylee Baumle, author of the wonderful blog, Our Little Acre. She had a trillium in bloom in her garden, and she wasn’t sure which species it was. So, using the tools at her disposal, she posted a photo on twitter and asked [...]
Sometimes the best quality a wildlife gardener can possess is that of patience, which I am sometimes lacking, but I’m working on it. A great habitat for wildlife is not created overnight. We have to learn to wait while our plants grow to maturity. But this sense of anticipation sends me eagerly to my garden. [...]
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