Native Bees and Your Garden
Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around our gardens face ever-increasing environmental pressures as they carry out their pollination duties. More than a quarter…
Topics: Pollinators
Voices of the West; New Science on Life in the Garden
Did you know that oaks can harbor over 800 species of insects? That includes only those feeding directly on oak, where they feed on every…
Calochortophilia: A Californian’s Love Affair with a Genus
Summer 2022 I can chart the progression of my life by Calochortus. For the last two decades, at least. As a teenage girl growing up…
Growing a New Generation of Farmers, One Plot at a Time
Summer 2022 Duane Lane, a Yakama tribal descendant, spends his weekdays working in Portland as a resource navigator for the Oregon Native American Chamber of…
Musqueam Indigenous Pollinator Plant Map
Spring 2022 Apart from helping pollinators like butterflies and wild bees, the Butterflyway Project started in 2017 to explore the relationship between indigenous plants and…
Your Keystone Plant Matrix with Garden Futurist Doug Tallamy
Spring 2022 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode XIV podcast here. If you take Keystone plants out of your local food web, the food…
The Solution Sparkles with Butterflies
Winter 2022 John, Linda, and the Fennel Community With the familiar weight of the iPad balanced in my left hand, I gestured with my right…
The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch: Part 2 of 2
Summer 2021 Read Part 1 Here Watch our Landscapes of Change video about The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch here. Preliminary successes and recommendations: Weed management Sheet…
Organized chaos—Food, Roses and a Jungle Retreat
Summer 2021 #LifeNotLawn Approaching from any direction, this corner landscape blazes with color in high summer, and beckons you in winter with subtle silver foliage…