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Protecting Biodiversity

March in Your Native Plant Garden

March 1, 2023 by Marion 2 Comments

What’s going on in March in your native plant garden?  Not much.  I know we’re all eager to get back to our gardens after languishing inside this winter, but resist the temptation to clean up too early.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: amelanchier, bloodroot, mosquito dunks, native plants, Queen bumblebees, spring ephemerals, Trillium, trout lily, Virginia bluebells, wild columbine, woodland phlox

Why Are We Killing Monarch Butterflies?

February 1, 2023 by Marion Leave a Comment

Pesticides and mosquito spray drift is killing all the butterflies and pollinators we attract to our native plant gardens. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Beyond Pesticides, Doug Tallamy, lawn pesticides, Monarch butterflies, mosquito dunks, mosquito spray drift, pesticides, TTM Biodiversity Group

Winter Needs of Wildlife

January 3, 2023 by Marion Leave a Comment

Did you plan for the winter needs of wildlife inhabiting your garden?

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: biodiversity, brush pile, ecosystems, environment, heated birdbaths, native plants, seedheads, suet, winter wildlife needs

Creative Gifts For Native Plant Gardeners

December 1, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Make dreams come true with a special holiday gift for the native plant gardener in your life.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Audubon Society, Doug Tallamy, Heather Holm, Homegrown National Park, National WIldlife Federation, native plants, Xerces Society

I Never Cared About Insects Until…

November 1, 2022 by Marion 2 Comments

I never cared about insects until I created a native plant garden.  All of a sudden, many insects I’d never seen before appeared to feast on nectar and pollen. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: cicada killer wasp, dark phase Eastern tiger swallowtail, digger wasp, great black wasp, hummingbird moth, milkweed bug, milkweed tussock moth, native plant garden, sweat bee

Beating the Biodiversity Drum

October 3, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Our planet can recover if we help, but we need to take action now.  There is something each one of us can do, depending on our interests, knowledge and expertise. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: biodiversity, climate crisis, COVID-19, ecosystems, native plants, nature, public health

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