Native Plants

by Claudia West

Imagine yourself strolling along a typical metropolitan street. What vegetative characteristics might you experience? Are window boxes and containers bursting with seasonal color? Do low growing sedges tickle your ankles as you walk past a lushly planted tree pit? Are you enticed to run your fingertips through the Panicum seed heads as you enter the town square? Or, are mature tree canopies protecting you from polarizing heat? [click to continue…]

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by Lindsay Goldberg

June 12, 2011 marked the first ever annual California Native Garden Tour, a self-guided tour of sustainable private and public gardens in Santa Cruz County. Nine months ago, a dialog began between several non-profit and for-profit groups. The group identified a need and initiated the quest to change the way we view gardening. With a clear goal in mind, the Ecological Landscaping Association, California Native Garden Foundation, Master Gardeners of Monterey, UCSC Arboretum, and the Santa Cruz native nurseries Central Coast Wilds and Native Revival stepped up to the plate to organize this grassroots garden tour. [click to continue…]

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If You Plant It, They Will Come…Monarchs (and Milkweed)

January 15, 2011

by Louise Barteau There is a special feeling that comes from planting a tree and watching a bird land in it for the first time. Or planting milkweed for monarch butterflies and watching the first monarch fly across the backyard and lay her eggs on it. I felt that small rising of hope and connection [...]

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Going Native: the Sustainable Choice

December 15, 2010

By Scott LaFleur and Tom Smarr A sustainable landscape preserves and protects nature’s balance. To develop a sustainable landscape requires a well-planned design that addresses all aspects of environmental processes.

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Botanical Sanctuary Network

July 16, 2010

by United Plant Savers The mission of United Plant Savers is to preserve, conserve and restore native medicinal plants and their habitats of the US and Canada, while ensuring their abundant, renewable supply for future generations.

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Differences between Native and Invasive Plants

June 16, 2010

by Judy Eisenberg Native plants are plants that were already growing in North America before European colonies settled here.

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Native Plants: Restoring to an Idea

February 11, 2010

Native Plants: Restoring to an Idea Article by Toby Hemenway Let me tell you about the invasive plant that scares me more than all the others. It’s one that has infested over 80 million acres in the US, and in many places forms virtual monocultures. It is a heavy feeder, depleting soil of nutrients. Everywhere [...]

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Coastal Buffer Zones

January 15, 2010

Article by: Kate Venturini, of the URI Outreach Center Buffer zones between development and shoreline habitat are attempted in many states, but rarely work well enough to protect the ecosystem. Laws and enforcement vary between communities, as do development histories and how people interact with the environment. Realizing this dilemma, land developers are finding common [...]

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