This has been a question I’ve been asked and the point of lengthy discussion for many, many years now. The short answer is both! Why? Because planting biodiversity is the key to growing a healthy ...

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Ah, fall. The air becomes crisp. School starts. And gardeners reach for shovels, especially those who add native plants to their landscape. Taking advantage of the rainy season when native plants ...

The new pollinator/butterfly garden at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens opened last Sunday to great fanfare, and the butterflies, as if on cue, were all in attendance. Monarchs, zebra heliconians, ...

For many of us, gardening is a joyful hobby that brings peace and relaxation — a welcome distraction from the outside world. Few things provide the instant satisfaction of planting a tree or weeding ...

I was once a slayer of undesirables in my backyard, but now I understand the ecological benefits of non-native plant species. These days, I think about our Vermont meadow in spring as I once thought ...

My interest in native plants began in the mid-1970s when, as a student at the New York Botanical Garden, I worked for several months in its native plant garden. That was more of a museum display than ...

Gardeners, conservationists, and wildlife enthusiasts alike know that planting non-native plants can be a very risky decision. While some people might shrug this off as unimportant, there is a ...

Avoid these six invasive trees that harm native ecosystems and create long-term problems in Southern yards. Learn what not to ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – According to recent research by an international team of scientists, non-native species are expanding their ranges at a much faster rate than native species, in large part ...