by Irene Brady Barber When people think of the plants for drought tolerant container gardens, immediately succulents come to mind. Succulents are great for that purpose, but there are many…
The Perennial Borders
by Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne Taken from A Tapestry Garden© Copyright 2018 by Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne. Published by Timber Press, Portland, OR. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights…
Top Ten Ways to Screw Up an Installed Meadow
by Nick Novick Opportunities for a meadow project to go south lurk at every stage, from design and customer interaction to installation and maintenance. Getting a meadow going is enough…
Facing Drought? Rip Up Your Lawn!
by Jessa Kay Cruz This 2015 Xerces Society article is reprinted with permission. If you live anywhere in the western United States, you are probably feeling the effects of the…
Eco-Answers from the Pros: Mulched Leaves and Drought
How are you using chopped or composted leaves to mitigate the effects of drought? How effective have your strategies been?
Eco-Answers from the Pros: Controlling Pond Weeds
Does anyone have a suggestion about controlling floating weeds in my pond (duckweed, etc.)? The problem seems to be excessive nitrates. I have tried mechanical harvesting (weeds return rapidly), and…
Connect with Nature and Grow Your Own Food
by Ben Barkan Think of time spent in nature as a nutrient that we are all deficient in. It used to be normal to grow our own food, spend time…
Superfoods in the Insect Garden
The best food plants for insects, with a focus on caterpillars and bees by Thomas Berger When choosing plants to support insects in our gardens, we want to make the…
Fronds in My Garden
by Leslie Duthie When most people think of ferns, they picture delicate quivering fronds blowing in the breeze next to a rippling stream deep in the forest. Or they think…
Landscape Architecture Proposal with Native Vegetation in Urban Spaces
The Case of Ecoparque, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico by Melissa Lilian Díaz Salazar and Lina Ojeda Revah Concept The concept means that our urban landscape has a major role to…
The Pleasures of Butterfly Gardening
by Cathy Rooney For those of us who love to garden, whether for necessity, pleasure or both, an added dimension of the challenge and pleasure is to provide flowers that…
ELA Names Winners of 2018 Spotlight on Natives Contest
Photographers from across the country submitted over 200 images to ELA’s Spotlight on Natives Photography Contest. Each sought to capture the special allure of native plants –…