Invasive Species

Native Plant Selection for Backyard Aquatic Gardens

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by Katie Bartling Backyard aquatic gardens and small pond structures are gardens where water is the dominant element and there is a strong focus on the emergent, submerged and floating plant community. These areas can provide many benefits within the landscape in terms of water quality improvement, wildlife habitat and stormwater management. Oftentimes, however, we … Read more

Landscape Tips & Landscape Myths – The Good, The Bad, and The “Ugly?”

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THE GOOD We’re always encouraging folks to create wildlife and pollinator habitat in their yards, but if you’re like most of us with a lawn and some smallish landscape beds by the front walkway, it might be difficult to know where to start. Here are a few steps you can take, doing all three or … Read more

First Signs of Spring: Native and Non-Native Spring Ephemerals

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After a cold snowy winter, we all look forward to the first signs of spring. For me they include the calls of spring peepers, the return of migratory birds and the first visible leaves of skunk cabbage. Spring ephemerals, as many of these plants are known, are celebrated widely and literally exude heart warming qualities … Read more

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