Wildlife container gardens support biodiversity where planting in the ground is not an option. They support wildlife habitat on apartment or townhouse balconies, courtyards, stoops, or patios, and can be an extension of a yard on porches, patios, decks or even driveways. I've added wildlife container gardens just about everywhere I don't have soil! The landing at the bottom of my front steps has a handful of large ceramic pots I’ve been gifted over the years filled with a mi

Boring mums in a rainbow of designer colors and shapes appear every fall along with themed porch and yard décor signaling the changing of...

Letting squirrels cross the street is the compassionate thing to do, and possible if we know why they zigzag and what to do to avoid hitting them.

Half my Chickasaw plum tree ( Prunus angustifolia ) died last winter and the other half doesn’t seem at all affected so I’m just letting...

A friend told me her family noticed that she once gardened for color and now her rewilded garden is mostly green. This observation is not...

There's a big difference between having a static traditionally landscaped yard where maintaining the same look is the goal, and a dynamic...

I’ve been gardening most of my adult life and have only been stung a few times. Insects just want to go about their business and unless I...

Every wildlife friendly yard contributes to changing the landscape culture. The more rewilded yards there are the more accepted an...

My excitement for the sweet little bluebird couple nesting in a box in my front yard is tempered by the ritualistic spring habitat...

We don’t often think of vines as a place for birds to nest. Yet some of our favorite songbirds are looking for exactly the kind of plant...

What we do in our own yard matters. Yet, there is often a disconnect between local ecology and political environmentalism. Its as if...

The abundant mistletoe growing around my Atlanta neighborhood is most likely American mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum). A friend told...

On giving Tuesday, you can get a jump on this giving season by donating to a worthy organization that is helping nature in some way....

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

(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...

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...

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...