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Carole Sevilla Brown is a Conservation Biologist who firmly believes that wildlife conservation begins in your own back yard. Carole is an author, educator, speaker, and passionate birder, butterfly watcher, and naturalist who travels around the country teaching people to garden sustainably, conserve natural resources, and create welcoming habitat for wildlife so that you will attract more birds, butterflies, pollinators and other wildlife.. She gardens for wildlife in Philadelphia, zone 6b, and created the philosophy of Ecosystem Gardening. Watch for her book Ecosystem Gardening, due out soon. Carole is managing editor of Beautiful Wildlife Garden, and also Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Follow Carole on twitter, @CB4wildlife and on Google+
Two years ago today a team of 30 writers heartily agreed to participate in the creation of this site to bring you up-to-date information and discussion about the importance of native plants in our landscapes, the value of creating welcoming habitat for wildlife in our gardens, green roofs, teaching children to love nature, ecological restoration, [...]
I’ve created several “Ultimate Guides” to specific topics for wildlife gardeners over the course of the last several weeks which you may find extremely helpful, and will probably want to bookmark so you can refer to them again and again. These Ultimate Guides are an exhaustive compilation of everything our teams have written about these [...]
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 links to resources for the native bees, and now we’ve got 135 of the best tips to creating an amazing Butterfly Garden! [...]
Milkweed is Bad? We’ve been hearing for years from scientists and Monarch organizations that we need to plant more milkweed to support the phenomenon of Monarch Butterfly migration. I have been an avid teacher of this principle myself, sharing with the workshops and classes that I teach and writing often about how we need to [...]
I’ve started a new series to introduce you to our team members so that you can get to know each of the passionate people who write for Team Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens each month. Over a year ago Carol Duke began working on her ongoing series The Bestiary: Tales From a Wildlife Garden. She [...]
I’m going to be writing a series of posts to introduce you to each of our team members because they are an amazing group, and I want you to meet all of them and learn about all the wonderful things they are doing. I’m a little sad to be writing this first post in the [...]
Last week I shared the Holiday Shopping List which included 53 books written by our team members. We really appreciate the support you’ve shown by adding some of those books to your holiday gift giving. This week I’ve got a new list to aid your Holiday Shopping: our team members have each recommended their #1 [...]
Lesser Prairie Chicken to Be Listed on Federal Endangered Species List “All the Lesser Prairie Chickens should be turned into Chick-fil-A,” said the Fox news commentator, in a stunning display of ignorance. This panel was reacting to the announcement that the Lesser Prairie Chicken is expected to be added to the Federal Endangered Species List, [...]
The Holiday Season is upon us, and you can support our team members by giving your friends and family copies of the amazing books our team has produced. These books will help your friends learn to make healthier choices in their gardens, attract lots of wildlife, and become more aware of the natural world around [...]
I try to stay in an attitude of gratefulness every day of the year, but on this day in particular it’s nice to take a step back and mark our blessings. I’m grateful that amidst the sadness that my Mom won’t be here to serve up the 15 different kinds of pie this year that [...]
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