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

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

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...

(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...

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

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...

We once bought into the idea that we needed a pest control service to spray the perimeter of our home so palmetto bugs (a nice Southern...

Using native plants in container gardens is a low maintenance and sustainable way to add biodiversity and create habitat in small spaces...

Last fall a thoughtful friend who somehow remembered my ongoing plant wish list brought me a native pasture/field thistle (Cirsium...

A new game I like to play is drilling down on how even the smallest observation in my rewilded yard can connect back to the importance of...

In the spring I’m often outside adding, moving, editing, and potting up plants until it’s so dark outside that I can’t see my hands. I’m...

I often go outside to work in my yard with a plan of action yet end up doing something completely different. Recently, my idea was to...

I thought crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) was indestructible. It climbs by tendrils then attaches to trees with even more with roots to...

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...

It turned out to be a great idea for the Intown Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia native Plant Society to squeeze one more event into this...

There are over two dozen coreopsis varieties in North American on BONAP and twenty grow in Georgia. Coreopsis integrifolia also known as...

Last month I happened to notice a dead branch on a large pine tree in my front yard. Through my binoculars I could see a huge 20 or so...

I don’t usually get fussy or wonky about different native plant species but when I learned the range for the most common hyssop called...