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 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 [...]
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 and actually destroy wildlife habitat. But how do you know what [...]
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 [...]
One of the great blessings in my life is to have gathered such an amazing team together here at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. As a team we support each other, celebrate our successes, and participate in the conversation we are creating here. And we will honor each other in times of sadness. Our team [...]
I have so much to be grateful for, even during a period of such sadness in my life. I am thankful for the beauty of nature around me, for the birds that sing in my wildlife garden, and the peace and comfort I find there. And I’m grateful to all of you who have supported [...]
I’ve been in Florida for the past several weeks taking care of my mom who is quite ill. One thing I’ve learned from Susan J. Tweit about this process is that it’s really important to find the beauty of nature around me each day. In this way I am able to find some peace and [...]
Ecosystem Gardening is about giving something back to wildlife by healing the wounds caused by human activity in the environment. We can help by creating welcoming habitat for wildlife in our gardens, and when we band together with our neighbors and communities, we can create habitat corridors that give back so much more. This [...]
