I think it’s safe to say that we could all use a bit of good news these days, something to celebrate. As my co-founder Doug Tallamy often says, “Don’t think about the entire planet’s problems – you’ll get depressed – instead, focus on the piece of the earth you can influence.” Many of you have […]
Our Three-Year(ish) Anniversary! Read More »
Michelle and Nathaniel Stitzlein are both artists who are inspired by nature. They converted a former grange hall into their home / art studio and then set about turning several acres of parking area and farmland into a native habitat paradise. Michelle considers their home to be a “permanent artist residency”. They were able to
Blending Farm, Art and Habitat | Michelle and Nathaniel in Baltimore, OH Read More »
An Antidote To the Despair Epidemic Moderated by: Michelle Alfandari, co-founder Homegrown National Park® Read time: 19 minutes It was a thrill to get the call from Wild Hope HHMI Tangled Bank Studio to collaborate with HNP. It’s been a synergistic and exciting relationship that we hope will continue forever! We are thrilled to announce
A Conversation with Doug Tallamy and Sean B. Carroll Read More »
When Kate Ford and her husband bought their home in 2008, the landscape was all rocks and grass because the previous owner “didn’t like plants.” They have since made it into a DIY Biodiversity Heaven! Kate was “lit up” about native plants by a friend with Black-eyed Susans that attracted pollinators and birds. They dug
Biodiversity Paradise: Kate in Rochester Hills, MI Read More »
Finding the Right Native Plants It’s easy to be overwhelmed at the nursery shopping for new plants, especially when you want to create a wildlife habitat. And plant tags seldom provide enough or even the right information to make informed decisions suitable for our specific site conditions. For example, a plant tag will discuss light
Designing a Small Meadow Garden with Commonly-Available Native Plants – Benjamin Vogt Read More »
There are four ecological functions every landscape must perform if we are to achieve a sustainable relationship with the natural world that supports us (and continuing to insist on landscapes that do not sustain mother nature is not and has never been a realistic option). It’s really very simple; our landscapes must do the things that enable ecosystems to produce the life support we and every other species requires.
4 Universal Landscape Goals – By Doug Tallamy Read More »
Plants do not distribute themselves according to political boundaries like state or county. Plants grow where they can, based on soil type, rainfall, temperature, altitude, and past geological events like glaciation. And these environmental conditions do not follow state boundaries.
Why Ecoregions? By Doug Tallamy Read More »
This week the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the North American migratory populations of the monarch butterfly as an endangered species. Having declined 75%, 85%, or 95%, depending on which eastern population you are talking about, or over 99% if you are referring to the California monarch, the direction the most iconic butterfly in the world is heading is painfully clear. Monarchs are in trouble both in the north where they breed and in Mexico where they spend the winter months.
Monarch Butterfly Listed as Engangered – article by Doug Tallamy Read More »
In case you haven’t heard, life on earth is in trouble. This is why I am asking you to get on the Homegrown National Park® MAP. Each and every one of us has the power to regenerate biodiversity and we don’t have the luxury of time to do it.
Biodiversity Day – 22 May Read More »
10 Things to Get You Started By Doug Tallamy / Revised 9.22.2021 Download Print Version Small Efforts by Many People: 71% of the lower 48 states is privately owned. East of the Mississippi river, over 85% of all land is privately owned. If we planted native on 50% of this private land we would restore
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