Great Resources

If you like to garden, then you probably like birds.  But, do you always know what birds are visiting your garden and what they need to survive? Once in a while a feathered visitor might appear that you have never seen before.  Wouldn’t it be great if you could find…

Whether you are a new gardener, a seasoned gardener, or a native plant geek, you can benefit greatly from a membership with a local native plant society.  These groups are tremendous resources for information on regional native plants (many have online plant lists), educational events including certificate programs, landscaping and…

Sometimes you need a gardening resource that is a quick read, providing distilled information that is useful, interesting, and well-written.  Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) has excelled in publishing such books in the form of their garden guides. Over the years, BBG has published several dozen Garden Guides on topics ranging…

Honey bees in decline, Monarch Butterflies in crisis, major threats to certain species of native bees – these are the stories we frequently see in the news these days. Wouldn’t it be great to support an organization whose mission it is to protect creatures like bees, butterflies, dragonflies, and other…

In the past decade we have been inspired to  “grow local – eat local.”   Why not take this idea a step further and eat even more of Mother Nature’s Bounty?   If you have been reading this blog, you know that I enthusiastically recommend a number of edible native plants.  In…