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At an Oct. 4 gathering in Millerton, Homegrown National Park co-founder Doug Tallamy and local landowners will make the case that restoring native plants — and shrinking the American lawn — can turn private property into vital habitat.Read more
Date: 2026-10-02
Retail landlords are turning to native plants to create more natural shopping center landscapes, support biodiversity and reduce water use.Read more
Date: 2026-09-23
Solving the biodiversity crisis, argues entomologist Doug Tallamy, will happen not in some distant wilderness, but in our own backyards.Read more
Date: 2026-09-14
Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movementRead more
Date: 2026-08-20
The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider.Read more
Date: 2026-07-07
It's set to be a bad summer for biting bugs, but happily, a DIY mosquito dunk can help keep the biters at bayRead more
Date: 2026-06-30
It costs almost nothing, targets only mosquitoes, won’t poison the air, kids, or animals, and it won’t run off into the bays and ponds. It’s a mosquito bucket.Read more
Date: 2026-06-05
Adding garden-ready cultivars of native plants or "nativars" can balance the needs of gardeners and wildlife in your landscapeRead more
Date: 2026-05-27
What if your yard were part of a national park? That’s the idea behind the Homegrown National Park Movement, an effort to get property owners to see their land as […]Read more
Date: 2026-05-26