by Willow Cheeley, James McCarthy, and Debb Putnam The winter of 2015 will be one for the record books. It was cold, snowy, and after weeks of shoveling snow off…
Bus Stop Green Roofs Win Greenovate Boston Award
Green roofs installed on several Boston bus shelters received a Greenovate Boston Award at the Greenovate Boston Community Summit held at Northeastern University on June 6, 2015. Funded by an…
Native Shrubs to Consider for Ecological Landscapes in the Northeast
by Anthony J. Zemba Now that spring is here and our migrant songbirds have returned to our yards, gardens, and woodlands it is a time to consider giving something back…
California Native Plants Gain Popularity among Suburbanites
by Bernadette Balics Thanks to mandatory water use cutbacks, turf removal rebates, and media reports on the plight of monarch butterflies and European honeybees, California homeowners are in search of…
Mass-produced Materials and the Garden…or What I Found Across the Street
by Benjamin Crouch Here in Massachusetts we fondly use the abbreviated form of our state name – Mass. A common trait among all peoples seems to be fidelity to and…
Bringing Butterflies to Martha Jones Elementary School
A former student’s Eagle Scout project provides students a place to learn about butterfly and pollinator conservation. by Bruce Wenning Boy Scout, Sam Gantert (17) of Westwood, MA had an…
Can Electric Equipment Revolutionize Landscape Maintenance?
by Jamie Banks Reprinted with permission from Turf magazine’s website, www.turfmagazine.com. For more information, please visit the website or www.LawnSite.com. I first met Dan Mabe in April 2013 on the…
ELA Capital Fund Drive
For more than twenty five years, ELA has advocated for environmentally responsible landscapes. This important work continues through the generous support of ELA’s members and donors. Throughout the year ELA…
Update on the Hugelkulture (HK) Beds at Woody End Farm
by M.L. Altobelli It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since we built our first HK bed in the greenhouse field at the farm. The goal then was…
Report from Soil Biology School
by John Rice One of the things I love about winter is that I get to meet with scientists, professors, and researchers and learn more about the ever-changing landscaping world….
Plant Material Issues in This Kind of Winter
by John Rice I think early January of 2015 was one of the harshest periods for plant material in our part of Massachusetts. The January 5-11 period is a perfect…
Eco-Answers from the Pros: Recipe for Successful Container Gardens
I am considering going organic in my self-watering container garden and in doing research I found an article describing M.L. Altobelli’s fertilizer blend containing Gro Pro fertilizer, alfalfa meal, and…
