NativePlantGardener

🦉 🐨🦋 🦍 🦧 🐸 🐘 🦁 World Wildlife Day celebrates the incredible diversity of animals and plants on our planet. Let’s honor and protect the wildlife that makes our world unique. Together, we can ensure future generations experience the wonder of Earth’s biodiversity.

At Home with Nature: Beauty, Ecology, and Experience — NDAL: New Directions in the American Landscape Larry Weaner, FAPLD Even on the smallest residential property, sharing garden decisions with nature changes everything. In this eye opening presentation, Larry will illustrate how an ecology-based, ...

FREE presentation from ndal.org with Larry Weaner, FAPLD.
“Even on the smallest residential property, sharing garden decisions with nature changes everything.
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#ecology #nativeplants #nativeplantgardening

Tree planting under way near Ivybridge to boost flood resilience Dartmoor National Park says 8.5 hectares of native trees will be planted on Harford Moor.

‘8.5 hectares of native trees would be planted on Harford Moor, near Ivybridge, to help "reconnect existing woodlands".’

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Bumblebee on wild beebalm

Wee bee on non-native cleome

Wee bees on swamp milkweed

Bumbler about to enter the turtlehead blossom

Pink flowers & pollinators!🌱🩷🌸
#bloomscrolling #bugsky #nature #gardening #nativeplants

Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) advances restoration science, practice and policy to re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.

“Latest News: Restoration Stories-
A Practioner’s Journey of Tallgrass Prairie Restoration”
A story about a 23 year old restored prairie Text and photos submitted by Christine Taliga.
www.ser.org/news/605961/... #nativeplants #prairie #nativeplantgardening

cover of Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life, by Andrew L. Hipp, Illustrated by Rachel D. Davis. https://bsky.app/profile/uchicagopress.bsky.social

2-pg spread, opening of chapter 6: Pharaoh's Dance: the Oak Genome. Acorns of Quercus ellipsoidalis on the left page.

Illustration of Gall wasp, Discholcaspis quercusmamma, from chapter 7 of the book.

The back cover of Oak Origins, with reviews from Douglas Tallamy, Steve Brusatte, David George Haskell, Robert Moor, Michael Steele, and Jeannine Cavender-Bares.

Advance copy of my new book just arrived... 3 yrs in the works, beautifully illustrated by www.instagram.com/art_bumble/. I'm thrilled to hold a copy.

You can preorder from @uchicagopress.bsky.social press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Newly approved Nature Restoration Law a ‘vital boost’ to biodiversity What is the EU's Nature Restoration Law? Inside the first-of-its-kind regulation.

‘A momentous day for nature’: EU approves first-of-its-kind law that could bring back biodiversity. By Angela Symons at euronews.com
www.euronews.com/green/2024/0...
#biodiversity #nativeplants

Dark side of bright nights taking toll on forgotten invertebrates From bats to moths, species working the night shift are suffering as light pollution soars

‘Despite global efforts to combat the climate crisis and wildlife loss, light pollution remains socially accepted’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Advocacy Power of Public Native Gardens - Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant commu...

Upcoming FREE Wild Ones Webinar- The Advocacy Power of Public Native Gardens: Connecting People & Plants
wildones.org/demonstratio... #nativeplants #nativeplantgardening

Pollinators need our help, and planting pollinator-friendly flowers is a great way to create some habitat for them. Even a small space is helpful!

See this helpful directory for native plants and seeds:
xerces.org/pollinator-c...

#nativeplants #pollinatorplants #waterwise #waterwisegardening

Garden Myth Busters! Using Bleach to Disinfect Tools THE MYTH: The best way to disinfect pruning tools is to use a bleach solution. A common and much-debated garden myth is that a chlorine bleach solution is the best way to disinfect pruning tools. S…

Garden Myth Busters! Using Bleach to Disinfect Tools
By By Rachel Vecchio and Libby Good at mgnv.org
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#nativeplants #nativeplantgardening

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." – John Muir

Together, we can make a world of difference. Learn more: monarchjointventure.org/get-involved

Reforestation Hub The Reforestation Hub identifies up to 148 million acres of total opportunity for reforestation in the U.S., which could capture up to 535 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

“Planting trees is not the sole solution to climate change. But done right, reforestation can help capture significant amounts of carbon.”
By Susan Cook-Patton at nature.org
www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...

Join us on February 25 for The Butterfly (and Bumble Bee) Effect: Voluntary Conservation for At-Risk Species with Caroline Hernandez.

Register for FREE at monarchjointventure.org/events/monar...

#MonarchWebinars #MonarchConservation #PollinatorConservation #NatureEducation #WildlifeWebinars

A small branch on a forest floor is covered with an assortment of lichens.

#Lichens I explained to a neighbor that lichens were not killing his tree, but the bare twigs provided good light for photosynthesis. He's not alone in thinking the lichens are causing harm to trees, so read "Lichen: a three-way symbiotic organism." greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2020/11/lich...

It takes nothing from any of us to be kind to another living being . . . 🐛 🕷 🐝

#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #insects #bees #savethebees #nature #peace #love #kindness #vegan #harmnone #animism

How Rewilding Denmarkfield Has Brought Back the Bees Rewilding Denmarkfield has been fairly hands-off with its work. The result: an abundance of bees and native plants finding their way to the land.

"We didn’t plan to specifically attract #bumblebees. Indeed, the abundance of #butterflies has tripled and the number of red-listed #bird species has gone from 11 to 17. But bumblebees are great indicators of ecosystem health."

#rewilding #scotland

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Hibernating bumblebee uncovered in soil

If you discover a hibernating bumblebee while digging in your garden or allotment this winter, try to avoid disturbing her, and loosely re-cover her so she can hit the snooze button until spring. More advice from @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social at www.bumblebeeconservation.org
#SaveTheBees #nature 🐝

#NativePlants are #prairie love. 🌱

From Predator to Pollinator: Unveiling the Floral Foraging Habits of Ethiopian Wolves When Ethiopia’s top predator licks flowers for nectar, it may be helping to shape the future of its Afroalpine...

An endangered Ethiopian wolf licking the nectar of a red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa).

Researchers found these predator wolves may be pollinators in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. 🌱

botany.one/2025/02/from... #nature #animals

How to Rewild Your Garden Follow these 11 straightforward ways to rewild your garden, balcony or window boxes and create a nature-friendly space full of life.

Information on rewilding your garden by mossy.earth.com
www.mossy.earth/rewilding-kn...
#rewilding #nativeplants #savethebees #pollinators #nativeplantgardening

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study

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Bees Beyond Honey: Understanding Native and Managed Pollinators Explore the diverse roles bees play in ecosystems, the challenges they face, and the balance between managed and wild pollinators.

Free webinar on February 20! (Suggested donation is $5 for Wild Ones members; $10 for non-members.) from wildness.org
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#savethebees #pollinators #nativeplants #nativeplantgardening

Keystone Plant Guides - Homegrown National Park SUPPORT MORE LIFE! Keystones are the most productive native plants to support the most productive species. Was this helpful? Yes No Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!

Keystone plant guides! From homegrownnationalpark.org
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#savethebees #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark #nativeplantgardening 🌱

Powering Pollinators: PPL Electric Utilities keeps pollinators buzzing in Lancaster - People Powering Life Bees buzzed from flower to flower while butterflies and moths gently floated from one plant to another on a recent sunny day within PPL Electric Utilities’ transmission line corridor that crosses Lanc...

“Expanded pollinator patch in transmission line corridor thriving at Kellys Run Preserve”, by pplelectric.com.
Let’s advocate for more of this! #pollinators #nativeplants #nativeplantgardening
stories.pplelectric.com/2024/06/20/p...

Seeds That Poison Advocating for the removal of bee-toxic pesticides and the transition to organic policies and practices. The...

Seeds that Poison
“Advocating for the removal of bee-toxic pesticides and the transition to organic policies and practices” from beyondpestacides.org. #nativeplants #savethebees #pollinators #nativeplantgardening
www.beyondpesticides.org/programs/bee...

A good resource from the Xerces Society for Ivertabrate Conservation.
Pollinator Conservation Resource Center xerces.org/pollinator-r...
#nativeplants #pollinators #nativeplantgardening #savethebees

Why Switzerland Is Growing A Native Plant Oasis in the Heart of Washington The Swiss ambassador, an avid birder and bird photographer, is on a mission to remake a former farm into a biodiversity haven.

It’s nice to see stories like this. Article By Molly McCluskey at Audubon.org.
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