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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 ...

Patience Makes Gardens

Patience Makes Gardens In a culture that expects instant results, gardens quietly teach a rather different lesson. Healthy landscapes are not rushed. They are grown ...

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 ...

Edible Food Forest Gardens

Edible Food Forest Gardens: Permanent Native Agriculture that Feeds People and Wildlife. At Jessecology, we’ve been building Edible Food Forest Gardens for over 15 years. ...

Regenerative Landscaping

Regenerative Landscaping Regenerative LandscapingHumans have a regenerative gear. We just need to use it. Most modern interactions with the land are quietly degrading. People mow, ...

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 ...

native species plants are beautiful and life supporting.

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 ...

Time Builds Beauty

Time Builds Beauty Time Builds Beauty. Landscapes are not created all at once. They unfold. In native gardens especially, the most meaningful changes happen gradually, ...

Native Garden Spring Cleanup

Native Garden Spring Cleanup: The Right Way to Clean Up a Pollinator Garden. Native wildflowers and grasses don’t wake up alone in spring. The insects, ...

Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services. Ecosystem services refer to the benefits that humans derive from functioning ecosystems. These services can be categorized into four general types: provisioning services, ...