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Are Deer Eating Your Native Plants?

Posted on July 5, 2021

by Marion

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The bane of every gardener is a herd of deer bent on eating your prize native plants. It’s so discouraging to have all that labor and money you invested eaten overnight! How can you outsmart Bambi and protect your garden? Read on, friends. Yes, I know, deer are beautiful creatures and fawns are adorable, but they are also very destructive. Deer can devastate not…

Choosing Native Plants: Three Mistakes To Avoid

Posted on June 7, 2021

by Marion

Just when you thought you were doing the right thing, along comes more information regarding mistakes to avoid in choosing native plants. Hopefully, you haven’t loaded up your garden with the following three mistakes.

What is Biodiversity? And why should we care?

Posted on May 23, 2021

by Kelsey

I am privileged to be surrounded by nature in both my personal and professional lives. It’s a delight to find some new (to me) event or process unfolding outside: watching certain trees leaf out before others in the spring, or the dance between bees and butterflies as they jockey for position over a flower. That’s why I am excited to…

Garlic Mustard: One Plant You Don’t Want in Your Garden

Posted on May 10, 2021

by Marion

Garlic mustard is a stealthy and treacherous invasive plant bent on invading your garden to create a hostile environment for native plants. Those pretty flowers and charming heart-shaped leaves look innocent, but they are not! How it is harmful Garlic mustard is a threat to the biodiversity of ecosystems because the taproot exudes a chemical that’s deadly to the native…

April 25 Native Plants for Biodiversity Webinar

Posted on May 4, 2021

by Kelsey

On Sunday, April 25th, we hosted a virtual workshop about the benefits of native plants for our local biodiversity, and how to improve the habitat value of our properties. A recording of that webinar is below, as well as follow-up materials from the Q&A session. Q&A Follow-Up Questions from participants included: How long would an introduced plant species need to…

Are Deer Eating Your Native Plants?

Choosing Native Plants: Three Mistakes To Avoid

What is Biodiversity? And why should we care?

Garlic Mustard: One Plant You Don’t Want in Your Garden

April 25 Native Plants for Biodiversity Webinar

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