Using Georgia Native Plants

This is a brand new book released just this week, and I got my pre-ordered copy immediately. The range for this field guide includes Geo...

This is the end of Pollinator Week 2019 but of course it is never really the end of our support for them. I’m grateful to have this week...

My native Spiraea plants bloom each June, each inflorescence of tiny white flowers becoming a showy beacon of pollen and nectar for the i...

Every year I remind people that the mimosa trees ( Albizia julibrissin ) that bloom in May and June are not native. I do this via a Facebook...

For people familiar with the vast array of non-native clematis grown in gardens – big showy, open flowers – most of the native ones will s...

Support for pollinators is increasing as the message about their importance circulates to even wider audiences. Pollinator Week was creat...

I’ve recently returned from a trip to Italy where we learned about how the population of Rome plummeted during various plague events. In e...