defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe WHAT MAKES a particular native plant a good choice for the home garden? And where can we look for clues [read more…]Share462TweetPin14476 Shares
native plant gardening on a grand scale: ‘saving tarboo creek,’ with scott freeman SINCE I HAVE LIVED full-time in a rural place the last decade, my reading list tends increasingly toward tales of [read more…]Share122TweetPin4126 Shares
how effective are nativars? with doug tallamy I’M A GARDENER, someone who loves showy plants in artful arrangements. But in recent years, I’ve been looking less with [read more…]Share706TweetPin7713 Shares
remembering 2 great plantswomen: ruth bancroft and elizabeth farnsworth LAST FALL, a month apart, the earth lost two of it great plantswomen. They were from opposite coasts, and one—Californian [read more…]Share176TweetPin3179 Shares
what’s really native where you garden? with elizabeth farnsworth AT A WILDFLOWER TALK I attended last spring, a lot of the audience questions after the expert finished her slides [read more…]Share434TweetPin27461 Shares
bird gardening: powerhouse fruiting plants, with andy brand IT’S A CLOSE CALL for me and my friend Andy Brand: Do we like plants best, or birds (or butterflies [read more…]Share581TweetPin106687 Shares
‘plants are the mulch’ and other nature-based design wisdoms, with claudia west WHICH OF US doesn’t want to look out at a more resilient, manageable, and sustainable landscape–one that really works environmentally [read more…]Share1KTweetPin372K Shares
the optimism of new england wild flower society’s dr. elizabeth farnsworth I’VE BEEN DIGGING this spring—the expected outdoor kind, and then when it’s dark or pouring or something else prevents the [read more…]Share226TweetPin101327 Shares
using native perennials in a formal border, with mt. cuba’s travis beck THE PHRASE “native plant garden” probably conjures an image of a spring woodland of trilliums and other little gems, or [read more…]Share2KTweetPin1372K Shares
‘pollinators of native plants,’ with heather holm BEES HAVE BEEN increasingly making the headlines–but often the conversation is specifically about honey bees, an imported European species that [read more…]Share1KTweetPin311K Shares
