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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 [...]
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 [...]
Announcing my new team project, Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens, bringing together some of the best voices for native plants from all over the country. Several weeks ago, while I was interviewing Doug Tallamy, we were talking about the fact that so many people remain unaware of the value of native plants for wildlife in [...]
For many wildlife gardeners Doug Tallamy wrote the bible of gardening for life. Bringing Nature Home is a ground-breaking book that has promoted a new paradigm for gardeners around the country. In Bringing Nature Home Tallamy has laid out the best argument for the use of more native plants in our landscapes that I have ever seen. If [...]
We’ve been talking a lot about invasive plants due to a recent rash of research proclaiming that invasive plants are actually beneficial. This has given nurseries the idea that they can continue selling these plants with no responsibility for any damage to natural ecosystems because “the scientists gave them permission.” Some nurseries have even taken [...]
I asked for your opinions last week about an article that proclaimed that invasive plants can have beneficial ecological impacts. And boy did you have opinions! Thank you for sharing them. The article was a study of Japanese Honeysuckle in areas of Pennsylvania in October. The short version is that these researchers concluded that since [...]
Is Ecosystem Gardening too hard to learn? We talked about that recently, and my point was if we can learn to use an iphone we can learn to make the best choices possible to help wildlife in our gardens. And to help us learn to create the best habitats for wildlife in our gardens, here [...]
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 [...]
It’s that time again, a review of the best things I found while meandering around the internets this week. Hard to believe we’re up to #17, but you all just keeping writing such good stuff to tell everyone about! First, the Barred Owl above spent 8 years wintering in and around my garden. Sadly, this [...]
My weekly collection of the best resources from around the web, including the things I found most interesting, remarkable, or grabbed my attention. Part Five of Doug Tallamy’s Timber Press interview is live. View the whole series at Bringing Nature Home to Your Ecosystem Garden. @habitatgarden brings us another winner with a great citizen science [...]
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