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How-ToEpisode 120: An Interview With Doug Tallamy
We are very pleased to bring you a special episode of Let’s Argue About Plants today, featuring an interview with Douglas Tallamy, PhD, professor of entomology and wildlife ecology at…
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DesignTips for Creating a Beneficial Insect Haven in Northern California
Beneficial insects are basically the essential workers needed if a garden is to flourish. They’re the good bugs—including native bees, honeybees, butterflies, ladybugs, praying mantises, assassin bugs, lacewings, parasitic wasps,…
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DesignWild Gardens: Why You Should Embrace a Wilder Landscape
While working in your garden, do you work on cultivating every square inch of ground? Do you mow, string trim, prune, and weed throughout? Have you ever thought of leaving…
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DesignSustainability in the Garden Roundtable (Webinar)
Join us as we host a lively conversation with experts from the world of sustainability. Designer Kelly Norris, plantsman Panayoti Kelaidis, horticulturist William Cullina, and soil scientist Robert Schindelbeck will…
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DesignSustainability in the Garden – Lecture Series
Join us as we take a deep dive into the complex and sometimes controversial gardening topic of sustainability. This lecture series features four separate classes related to the overall theme.…
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How-ToEarth-Friendly Containers
The dirty secret of gardening is that there is an aspect of the hobby that is terrible for the environment—namely, the plastic pots that dominate the nursery industry. It’s a…
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CollectionSustainable Gardening Collection
The dirty little secret of gardening is that many of the common practices and products we use to improve our backyard oases are actually bad for the environment. We use…
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DesignEva’s Vegetable Garden Beauty
Today we’re visiting with Eva in southern New Hampshire. (See more on her Instagram.) I’m a 28-year-old mother of two. I’ve been gardening for the last four years. I started…
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DesignSustainable Gardening in LA
Phan Yamada shared these photos of a sustainable garden in Los Angeles. We mulch with wood chips (free from the city) to hold rainwater from our roof. The deep mulch…
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DesignPlants for a Rain Garden
Why Plant a Rain Garden? Aside from being beautiful, a rain garden can serve a functional purpose in protecting our environment. Human action has created a storm runoff problem. Parking…
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