A service person recently showed up for a non-essential task that would involve a significant disruption to my rewilded yard. He put his...

When decluttering a closet recently, I found a time capsule in the form of a garden journal I made in the early 90s. The last entry was...

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

(and how to tell the difference...) Partridge Pea is native to most of the Eastern half of the United States and supports habitat in a...

(Or How Every Yard is an Opportunity to Restore Habitat) When we moved to Atlanta 20 years ago, we thought the fig ivy growing on our 75...

Last fall I hosted three free habitat yard workshops. My goal was to share actionable ways create a more ecologically sustainably...

I’ve tried to maximize the edge areas of my small, semi-urban, rewilded yard by tucking away a few brush piles behind shrubs and trees to...

Bill and Carol Pardue's yard, one of the six properties at the first GNPS Intown Atlanta Native Plant Habitat Tour. is proof that a small...

My friend Rita from Botany Yards generously gave me native plant seeds to put in my mini-nature center. I wondered how to ensure success...

My tiny, semi-urban, rewilded yard surprises me. Every. Single. Day. This past Sunday it was deathly quiet in both the front and...

"Today’s children, growing up on lawns and pavements, will not even have nostalgia to guide them, and soon the animals will be not only...

My advocacy for nature puts me outside my conflict comfort zone. I find myself consistently protecting my rewilded yard from neighboring...

Native plant pick #6 for September is white snakeroot (ageratina altissima - previously eupatorium rugosum). The name comes from Native...

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...

I don’t want to be the reason a bird gets sick or even dies so I’m diligent about keeping my bird feeders clean. A dirty feeder can host...