When we create a safe and welcoming wildlife habitat, we are also supporting the natural cycles and systems we may not even be aware...

We still have plenty of hot days ahead, but all the hummingbird action and our tired rewilded yards are telling us summer is winding...

This week I spoke to my first ladies garden club. I was a bit worried about how receptive they would be to my presentation called...

In an ecologically focused landscape, common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) is an example of a native plant that offers habitat...

It’s not your imagination that dyed mulch is covering your neighborhood. It's been around for 60 years, but the dyed mulch market has...

I’m honored and excited to have the North Metro Atlanta Georgia Native Plant Society host me on Saturday, June 1 from 10:30-12:30 to...

The transition from ornamental gardening (plants as ornaments) to ecological gardening (native plants as a functional part of an...

If you live in Atlanta set aside THIS Saturday, April 13 from 11:00am-1:00pm for a Free eye-opening presentation at Lost Corner Nature...

Like everyone else who eagerly anticipates their arrival, I’m checking out my yard every day looking for my first “hummer” of the...

I'm sharing spring events Nurture Native Nature is hosting or cohosting in the next few months in Atlanta. At some point I need to figure...

It’s a travesty that the state flower of Georgia is a non-native invasive species! I’m reposting an easy way for anyone who lives in...

If we want to consider the ecological function of our yard, a water source is a foundational habitat element. Bird baths and other...

Every habitat element in my pocket wildlife sanctuary contributes to a more biodiverse ecosystem. Hermit thrushes for example rarely...

A year ago, I overcame a lifelong fear of public speaking so I could expand my efforts to help nature. My daughter the graphic designer...

Finding gifts for the habitat restoring warrior, wildlife obsessed backyard naturalist, or gardening nature lover in your life can be...

I try to go out of my comfort zone and share information in online neighborhood groups where the focus is rarely on creating a wildlife...

I was recently looking through my lengthy list of ongoing blog ideas and catchy titles for articles yet to be written and came across...

I stopped to chat with an elderly neighbor who had just finished weeding her hosta beds. She showed me healthy violet patches growing in...

At the recent Georgia Audubon’s cleverly named Georgia Grows Native for Birds Round Robin: Transforming Your Greenspace, they partnered...

By rewilding my urban Atlanta yard I'm hoping to restore nature in some small way where I live. So far, I’ve been focused on sharing my...