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

by Marion

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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

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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…

Saving Our Feathered Friends

Posted on April 8, 2021

by Marion

How would you feel about never seeing these beautiful creatures again except in a museum? Unless we take action, this is a real possibility. This Spring I’m seeing and hearing only a few birds in my garden instead of the usual sightings of many different bird species and choruses of melodies. We are losing more of our birds every year….

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

April 25 Native Plants for Biodiversity Webinar

Saving Our Feathered Friends

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