One of the native plant organizations here in Massachusetts is Grow Native Massachusetts. I can’t remember offhand if I’ve mentioned them before or not. They offer public lectures on various topics relating to native plants and gardening. Continue reading “Online lecture: Managing an Urban Landscape for Biodiversity”
It may be ingrained in folks to tidy up the garden when things start to die back in the fall, but many bits if not all of those plants are useful to a broad variety of wildlife as shelter and/or food in the colder weather to come. They may spend their winter in a curled up leaf; use browned milkweed stalks as a resting or observation perch on your lawn away from the cold snowy ground; feed from seeds of goldenrod; or many other possibles, depending on the visitors in your garden. Continue reading “Late Winter Wildlife Feeding”
