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From Roots to Radiance

From Roots to Radiance From Roots to Radiance: Story of a Native Garden in Development. Every lasting garden begins underground. Long before flowers catch the ...

Gardening 101 (for native plant gardens!)

Gardening 101: How to begin gardening with native plants. We know—gardening with native plants is exciting, but it makes some people nervous for some reason. ...

Weeding Large Gardens

Caring for large gardens is quite a different fête from caring for small gardens. The maintenance routine required to keep a small native garden ...

Right Plant, Right Place

Right Plant, Right Place. “Right Plant, Right Place” is a simple phrase that carries so much ecological wisdom. It describes the foundation of good garden ...

No Mow May

No Mow May Is Missing the Point. Every spring, social media fills with reminders to participate in No Mow May. The idea is simple: stop ...

Railroad Ecosystems

Railroad Ecosystems: The Hidden Conservation Corridors Across the Landscape. When most people think of railroads, they soon think of transportation. Ecologists, however, generally recognize the ...

Forest Succession

Forest Succession: How a Forest Builds Itself Over Time. Forest succession is generally the ecological process that describes how a forest establishes, develops, and matures ...

Pollinator Gardens in Albany, NY

Pollinator Gardens in Albany, NY To be sure, in the past few years, many customers have reached out requesting pollinator gardens in Albany, NY. We ...

Before, During, After

Before, During, After: The Transformation of a Native Plant Garden Before During After. Every native plant garden begins with a view that appears a little ...

Early Blooming Natives

Early Blooming Natives. Most of the flowering native plants that grow in eastern US butterfly gardens and pollinator gardens trend towards late season blooming. The ...

Climate resilient corporate landscaping

Climate-resilient corporate landscaping. Climate resilient corporate landscaping is a lot more than an exterior upgrade or capital gains. (Although those tangible gains are very welcome ...

Protecting Plants from Deer

Protecting Plants from Deer. The Mild Winter Affect. Altogether the mild winter this year gave way to an exploding mammal population in spring. Undoubtedly there ...

Sugar Maple Tree

Sugar Maple Tree Sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum) are iconic North American trees known for their stunning fall foliage and sap used to produce maple ...

Corporate habitat garden projects

Corporate Habitat Garden Projects. Corporate Habitat Garden Projects: Renewing the Local Ecosystem while Saving Money on Maintenance Costs. Corporate habitat garden projects are one of ...

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Native Species Awakening

Native Species Awakening. Gardeners often have an unexpected learning curve when they begin to add native plants to their gardens. In springtime, when native species ...