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 –…
Quest for Resilience: Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Planting Design
Conference Session Review by Cayte McDonough In the face of climate change, many of us want to know how we can adapt. Those of us working with plants and designing…
Climate-Wise Landscaping
Practical Solutions for a Sustainable Future by Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt The following excerpt from Climate Wise-Landscaping, New Society Publishers, April 17, 2018, is reprinted with permission. Plant in Groups…
Hellstrip Plantings: Creating Habitat in the Space Between the Sidewalk and the Curb
by Heather McCargo Urban environments are dominated by pavement, the bane of most living things. One area ripe for community greening is the hellstrip – the narrow space between the…
Book Review: Practical Organic Gardening
Practical Organic Gardening: The No-Nonsense Guide to Growing Naturally Written by Mark Highland Published by Cool Springs Press, 2017 Reviewed by Rie Macchiarolo Practical Organic Gardening is a great book…
Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
The spotted lanternfly is a non-native sap-feeding planthopper also known as the lanternmoth. The first sighting of the spotted lanternfly in the United States was in Berks…
Maximizing Soil Health with Compost
ELA invited a few members to talk about the compost they use, how they are utilizing that resource, and their compost sources. They also offer tips for managing soil.