Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment
After my discovery that I had been making many mistakes in creating welcoming habitat for wildlife in my garden as well as my client’s gardens, I went on a mission to find out everything that I could about how to best share our spaces with the critters around us. At this time, there was very little information, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This photo was taken in my herb garden near a fountain where the birds love to bathe. My Grandson was visiting and he discovered this beautiful dragonfly perched on a bamboo stick used to stake my nasturtiums. Editor’s note: This photo was submitted by Jody McPheeters through the “Show Off Your Garden” feature. We’d love [...]
[Guest post by Alison Kerr as part of the Show Off Your Wildlife Garden Series. Is your garden next? I hope so!] Photo is Tradescantia ohiensis – native spiderwort which is one of the earliest prairie flowers every year and my favorite. When you move to a new place there is much to discover about [...]
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 [...]
Really? You could do just two things that could help wildlife in your garden? Yes. Taking just these two steps would make a huge difference for the wildlife in your area. And teaching your neighbors to take the same action will magnify your efforts and help a lot more. Now I’m not saying there’s some [...]
You’ve seen my weekly best of the web where I show you the many fascinating things I find around the internet. But I wanted to put a lot of that information in one place so that you can see the writers that inspire me. So here’s my list of some of my favorite bloggers. Check [...]
I do not personally believe that wildlife gardens are nothing but an ugly, overgrown mess, but you’d be amazed at how many times I hear that from those who consider themselves “real” gardeners. Unfortunately, the gardening world, like the rest of the country, is full of divisiveness, an US vs THEM attitude that can sometimes [...]
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