by David Smith This article first appeared in EcoRI News and is reprinted here with permission. Work will continue this summer on stabilizing a 2.6-acre undeveloped parcel owned by the…
Buying Bee-Friendly Plants: Neonicotinoid-Free Nurseries, Growers, and Seed Sources
by Genevieve Schmidt Recently I’ve heard from a number of wildlife gardeners who say they are no longer buying plants from regular retail nurseries because there is no way of…
Twelve Years Later: Update on a Lakeside Restoration Project
In 2002 landscape architect Amanda Sloan began a five-year project working with the town of Sharon, MA to restore the worn landscape at Memorial Park Beach, Lake Massapoag. The project…
Reawakening a Natural Pool
by Trevor Smith Natural pools offer year-round outdoor enjoyment with surprisingly little upkeep. After its third, and very tough, winter, I recently opened a large natural pool and its associated…
Creating a Community Habitat for Pollinators
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…