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 family shows how much they love me by not giving me cut flowers. They know I don’t want flowers covered in pesticides that are grown...

Years ago, when I had a lawn with a sad, lonely bird feeder in the middle of it, I would senselessly chase away flocks of Red-winged...

In the middle of the brown landscape of winter a flash or orange and silver movement caught my eye. It startled me and when I looked a...

"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...

Sometimes I wish I could take off my awareness glasses and go back to ignorantly enjoying things that harm our ecosystem. For example,...

I love profiling native plants but have a growing list of other topics I also want to write about and feel like I’m always running...

October is aster time so I’m starting off my list of ten October native plants with the stunning Georgia aster (Symphyotrichum...

My September native plant pick #4 is common boneset (eupatorium perfoliatum), also called thoroughwort because of the way the stems go...

My #3 September native plant pick is a rambling perennial vine I've only noticed growing at a nearby nature park in my intown Atlanta...

I just realized the summer is disappearing and I haven’t shared much about the native plants growing in my little wildlife sanctuary...

There seems to be a special place in all secular and religious belief systems for the idea that things happen for a reason. A few days...

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...

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...