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Restoring Our Suburban Landscape with Native Plants

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Mason Bees in the Pollinator Garden

[Guest post by Heather Holm]

This photo is of our solitary bee houses that we put up in the yard this spring.

We have great success with having most of the holes mudded over. I posted more info about these bee nesting boards at Restoring the Landscape

Our yard has been an ongoing restoration with native plants since we moved in 6 years ago. We have only used native plants in our restoration efforts and have had an amazing increase in the number of insect and bird species since reducing the size of the lawn and creating more wildlife habitat.

If you are interested you can view a before and after slideshow.

Heather Holm writes about her landscape restoration with native plants in one suburban yard in Minnesota at Restoring the Landscape. Click either of the links above.

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    About Carole Sevilla Brown

    Carole Sevilla Brown is a Conservation Biologist who firmly believes that wildlife conservation begins in your own back yard. Carole is an author, educator, speaker, and passionate birder, butterfly watcher,  and naturalist who travels around the country teaching people to garden sustainably, conserve natural resources, and create welcoming habitat for wildlife so that you will attract more birds, butterflies, pollinators and other wildlife.. She gardens for wildlife in Philadelphia, zone 6b, and created the philosophy of Ecosystem Gardening. Watch for her book Ecosystem Gardening, due out soon. Carole is managing editor of  Beautiful Wildlife Garden, and also  Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Follow Carole on twitter, @CB4wildlife and on Google+

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    1. Helen Yoest @ Gardening With Confidence™ says:
      07/21/2010 at 4:23 pm

      Hey Carole,

      I just wanted you to know I added your blog to the soon to be launched North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association blog roll for NC Blogs!

      http://www.tarheelgardening.com/wordpress/

      I also wanted to make sure you received my new link for Gardening With Confidence’s blog

      http://www.gardeningwithconfidence.com/blog.

      Thanks!

      I hope you are doing well!

      H.
      Helen Yoest @ Gardening With Confidence™ recently posted..Taking Photos of Your Garden with Barbara Pintozzi

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    2. Carole Brown says:
      07/21/2010 at 6:36 pm

      Thanks, Helen! Have I told you lately how wonderful you are? Well, you rock!!!

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    3. Don Zouras says:
      08/07/2010 at 9:59 am

      I love the photos in the before and after slideshow. Where is this yard located?

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