natural landscaping
November 22, 2025
I watched a mass of a single goldenrod species in my yard for over a week, and photographed every insect I could. The amazing diversity and activity even surprised me! I’ll tell you a little more about the project and the goldenrod, but be sure to flip through the galleries to see everything we found. [...]
July 31, 2025
Wildlife finds during a visit with volunteer Master Gardeners at their native plant garden [...]
June 25, 2024
Most people know that milkweed plants are important for the survival of Monarch butterflies. But beyond that, their knowledge is a little murkier. Milkweeds are fascinating plants where you can spot a wide diversity of insects. [...]
April 13, 2022
Why should you choose native plants for your landscapes? Because you truly can make a difference that will have a positive impact [...]
December 5, 2020
Winterberry Holly is a great native shrub that gets well deserved landscape attention because of its gorgeous heavy red fruit set during (guess?) [...]
October 31, 2020
It’s fall and the leaves are decaying from their rainbow of reds, yellow, and oranges, and of course falling. But should you leave the leaves on the ground? The simple answer is yes [...]
July 28, 2020
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) deserves its status as one of the most popular mainstream native wildflowers for garden [...]
June 24, 2020
Our story about transforming a fallow cornfield to a native plant meadow and garden landscape that attracts wildlife.