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Native plants on your green roof give reason for Urban Core wildlife to rejoice.
There are many, many reasons to construct a green roof, including; Cleaning Stormwater Reducing Heat Island Effect Creating Sense of Place Providing Habitat for Urban Core Wildlife Preserving...
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Football and the Native Plant Garden
‘Purple Dome’ is a short selection of the native New England aster with attractive and rich purple and gold flowers. Fall is one of my favorite times in my native plant garden. For all the delicate...
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Milkweed for Monarchs
Mating Monarchs on Common Milkweed in Sutton’s Garden There are over 2,000 species of milkweed in the world. 108-110 milkweed species are native to North America. ONLY 27 of these are used by Monarchs...
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Five Native Plants That Can Save the Earth
Saving the Earth is a big job, one that even on Earth Day can seem daunting. Every long journey begins with a first step, and incorporating more native plants into your landscape is one way to begin...
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The Ultimate Guide to Butterfly Gardening
Last week I published the Ultimate Guide to Attracting Native Bees, so I thought this week I’d give you another Ultimate Guide–to attracting more butterflies to your Ecosystem Garden. I found over 60...
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Eupatoriums – Butterfly Magnets
July 28th in the garden As a wildlife gardener I’ve always been enamoured with butterflies, especially hairstreaks. I enter our garden with my camera and immediately deadlines, worries, and any...
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Monarchs With a Vengeance
I remember the day distinctly. July 15 of this year — also my birthday, also my parent’s wedding anniversary. One of my dozen or so Liatris ligulistylis had opened its first bloom and I thought nothing...
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A Look Back on the Summer that Wasn’t…and the Bugs that Were
Living in Canada, I am often harassed about the weather. And while I’m not fond of small talking about the weather, I am going to bring it up, if only for a moment. This summer lacked none of the...
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Milkweed and Monarch Concerns – 2015
January 18, 1996, when Clay and I visited the El Rosario winter roost in Mexico. That winter the population estimate was 631 million Monarchs The final fall generation of Monarchs empties out of...
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