Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens
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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+
I want to thank Damon Morris, a docent at Mount Cuba Center, for not only inviting me to attend the National Public Garden Day event at Mount Cuba, but also for arranging an interview for me with Julia Ehrhardt, Director of Visitor Experience, who took time out of her busy schedule to show me around the [...]
A little over a year ago I was interviewing Doug Tallamy and we were discussing the value of native plants in our landscapes and bemoaning the fact that after so many years of him traveling around the country speaking on this topic, and the many others also speaking about this, that so few people are [...]
Your Ecosystem Garden can be a welcome haven for wildlife, providing much needed refuge from the pressures of habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation. You can create welcoming habitat for wildlife in your garden and create an oasis to share your space with wildlife, helping to ensure their survival. We’ve been talking about healing the wounds [...]
Ecosystem Gardening is a way of healing the wounds to wildlife caused by human activity in the environment. Instead of destroying habitat we are creating welcome habitat for wildlife in our gardens. Dave Foreman in Rewilding North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century eloquently describes six “wounds” that the human population is inflicting on ecosystems [...]
I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way ~ Lyrics by Michael Messner and Linda Creed ~Performed by Whitney Houston On this sad day when you cannot turn on any radio or tv station and not hear a song by Whitney Houston, the song of hers that [...]
[ Update: my interview with David Mizejewski of NWF defending this decision] No, that title is not a mistake. The National Wildlife Federation and Scott’s Miracle Gro have teamed up. This was rumored to be taking place several months ago, but today it has become a reality. While my heart sank when I read the [...]
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Here at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens we know the value of a garden. We work to create welcoming habitats for wildlife with native plants. We know that when we all create healthy gardens this helps create healthy ecosystems. And healthy ecosystems create a healthy planet. We know that native plants support local foodwebs which [...]
Eastern Red Cedar is a wonderful native alternative to Leyland Cypress Walk through any neighborhood and you’ll see the same plants used over and over again. Landscapers and garden designers seem to use the same limited palette of plants all the time, even from region to region. Some of these plants are quite invasive [...]
Tonight will mark the longest night of the year, and from here on the nights will get shorter and the days longer. So throw a Yule Log on the fire, curl up with your loved ones and celebrate the return of the light. Solstice is always a time of reflection for me as I look [...]
