The winners of the Seed Conservation Awards were announced in August at an awards ceremony held at the 8th Global Botanic Garden Congress in Singapore! This year, the Seed…
Conservation
Northeast Seed Network – A seed strategy for the Northeast U.S.
by Michael Piantedosi, Director of Conservation, Native Plant Trust Over the last few years, an increase in demand for New England native plants has intersected with a well-documented bottleneck in…
Botanic Gardens Lead the Way in Tackling the Illegal Trade of Threatened Plants
by Megan Barstow, Botanic Gardens Conservation International The world’s botanic gardens are uniquely placed to fight against the increasing threat to wild plants from poaching. This is a growing threat…
North American Orchid Conservation Center / SERC Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi Collection
by Melissa McCormick & Julianne McGuinness Reprinted with permission from the newsletter of the North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) The North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) has an ongoing,…
Save the Wild Grapevines!
by Nan McCarry Many of us value landscapes that harbor some wildness. We know that leaving some of the wild and even weedy plants has benefits for wildlife and may…
The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast with Eva Monheim. Excerpt from Episode 143: Matthew Aghai is a dedicated reforestation expert, applied scientist, and executive leader at Mast Reforestation
This is an excerpt from Episode 143 of The Plant A Trillion Trees podcast. With International Society of Arboriculture-certified arborists Eva Monheim and Hal Rosner. Eva: Matthew Aghai is a…
Field Conservation at Zoo New England
Originally published by Zoo New England. Republished with permission Written by: Matt Kamm, Zoo New England Zoo New England, the organization that runs the Franklin Park (Boston, MA) and Stone…
Mycological Strategies for Surviving
By Paul Stamets
Today, we only have 10-15% of the forest debris that nature has needed to build the food webs for sustainable ecosystems. Widespread deforestation, factory farming, population expansion, industrialization, and concomitant pollution are ongoing threats imperiling our ecosystems and the foundation of our food webs at a time when unprecedented waves of humans walk the Earth needing water, sustenance and shelter. What do I recommend?
Book Review: Nature’s Best Hope
A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard
Written by Doug Tallamy; Published by Timber Press February 2020
Reviewed by Angela Tanner
As the world hunkers down in the midst of a pandemic, Doug Tallamy’s latest book Nature’s Best Hope offers, as the title suggest, hope, and we all need a little of that. Drawing topics from his earlier book Bringing Nature Home, Tallamy explains, with examples and statistics, what is happening to the ecological systems around us, and why we should care.
Drought-Tolerant? Think Native!
by Carol E. Becker In the upper Midwest, we don’t often think of strictly drought-tolerant gardens, because we have adequate seasonal rain. But that rain comes in the spring and…
Drought Tolerant Container Gardens, Beyond the Traditional
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…
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…