The traditional gardening world often fetishizes exotic and rare plants. The latest trends trickle down to homeowners. Big box and...

OR How I created the Homestead Nature Center with a little help from my family As restorative as my naturescaped yard is for the...

If we consider every inch of our yard as potential wildlife habitat, we need to rethink how we can maximize what the herb garden offers....

Last spring most of the spring native plant sales vanished because of the pandemic. This spring a little normalcy has returned, but...

Getting people to slow down and appreciate the often nuanced and diminutive delightfulness of native plant flowers, particularly in...

Spring in Atlanta means the return of the war on insects. If I combined everyone in my area into one person, this is the snarky letter...

Non-native roses are widely admired. Native violet’s value is underestimated. But if you grow violets in your yard. Nature will be...

OR Teaching Our Children How to Appreciate Nature Using the Peter Parker Principle. I was in earshot of hearing a neighbor’s young child...

Our house is our human nest but once we step outside, we share space with wildlife. Just because we’ve destroyed habitats to build our...

In early spring my yard becomes a carpet of naturalized daffodils thanks to the hundreds of bulbs I strategically planted years ago. So far, they’ve been given a reprieve from my ongoing efforts to replace the non-native plants with natives to maximize the value of each plant adds to my wildlife habitat yard. This daffodil bud is one of thousands in my yard and the universal sign that spring is on the way! You can see the blurry tangle of dried native plants it is growing thr