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See through the eyes of a butterfly, a bee, a bird…and discover their plight to find food, nesting sites, water, and safe overwintering habitat. In a world experiencing losses in plant and animal species—a symptom of historic choices—can we reconcile our use of the land with a more sustainable, wildlife and climate-friendly approach? Could protecting and restoring native trees, shrubs, perennials be a significant part of the answer?

 

The beauty of native plants.

 
If you’re local, please join me tomorrow night in-person for my talk on Achieving a Four Season Garden at 7pm (Thursday, March 7) in the Narberth Municipal Building on 100 Conway Avenue Narberth, PA 19072.  The talk is
I can hear them coming and always look forward to rambunctious grackle stopovers. Migrating from northern breeding grounds, flocks of these beautifully iridescent long-legged blackbirds land on every tree in sight but especially love beech nuts from
Sometimes the fluffy seed heads of orange milkweed just work. Planted here with little bluestem grass against a backdrop of Virginia sweetspire and wrinkle-leaf goldenrod, the fall textures and colors create a moment of pause to reflect on seasonal
Successful conversion to native landscaping around the entrance to our local public library. Belmont Hills and Penn Valley resident volunteers helped to install a monarch way station and Pollinator Pathway garden that I designed in the fall of 2021.
Native plant combinations in client projects with the gloriously tall red beebalm, Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’. 1,2,3) A cheerful early summer combo with the bee-loving Southern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia ‘Butterfly&r
If you’re local, consider joining me in person tomorrow (Wednesday, 6/28) for a talk about land stewardship on behalf of our beloved fireflies! I’ll touch on their life cycle, common species in our area, and ways to support them in your
View from the deer stand. Giving thanks to these trees—my teachers over the last decade. Inspiring me to understand them, protect them, enjoy them. I steward this woodland lightly by girdling invasive non-native trees and popping cages around n
Join me this Sunday (Nov. 27) at 11 AM for a nursery yard talk on seed sowing, eco-clean up, and fall projects like building a simple leaf bin. Get ideas on how to honor fall leaves, feel real leaf compost after 1 year of decomposition, and sow a nat
Aromatic and blue wood asters explode with blooms in this public traffic island that I’ve stewarded for almost 7 years. Late season warmth encourages continuous flowering, and the plants still buzz with bees. I’m able to leave all of the
Support for migrating species like monarch butterflies requires interstate cooperation. While milkweed is needed early in the season for reproduction, late bloomers along the migration route provide essential nectar for flight energy back to the Sier