In this post, we'll show you how to get your garden, yard, or green space certified as a wildlife habitat by The National Wildlife Federation.
In my garden, goldenrods plopped themselves down in back long ago. They’re a bit thuggish, but Texas weird weather never deters them from feeding pollinators come fall. Some of my Turk’s caps are a tad spindly and disgraceful thanks to zany weather. Still, they keep serving up meals for bees and
Are you tired of your front yard looking a bit drab and uninviting? Well, it's time to shake things up and give your home's entrance a makeover that will leave your neighbors in awe! One fantastic way to elevate your front yard landscaping is by incorporating large rocks strategically placed in key areas. These natural
How to make a mini yard nature center station with flyers and native plants to give homeowners ways to make healthier yard landscaping choices and become better stewards of the ecosystem in their own yard.
Thuja occidentalis 'Congabe' The Fire Chief Arborvitae is a beautiful globe shaped evergreen. It requires little to no pruning to maintain this unique form. This evergreen is a brilliant golden color in the spring, with red tones that intensify in the fall. The Fire Chief Arborvitae is perfect for foundation planting. Individually or in smaller groups, they add great height contrast and shape to your landscaping.
Discover a variety of innovative and stylish modern front yard landscaping ideas to elevate your outdoor space.
Ready to switch from grass lawn to something more pollinator-friendly and sustainable in your front yard? These tips will help you navigate disapproving neighbors, bylaws, and create a natural habitat that—we hope—everyone can live with—neighbors, bees, and butterflies included.
Identifying the key elements to create a garden in typical modern Dutch garden style.
Learn how to turn your yard into a more welcoming and sustainable place for wildlife & pollinators and become a Certified Wildlife Habitat!
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Small trees can still pack a big punch in your landscape. Whether you've got a modest-size yard or are just filling in larger spaces, these varieties will fit in perfectly.
Creating a backyard wildlife habitat is all about planning and planting; it needn't be complicated. Detailed steps: Assess, define, prepare.
HGTV Gardens offers tips for transforming your hellstrip into something beautiful.
Over 30 DIY projects to build a backyard habitat that provides food, water, safe shelter, and nesting spaces for wildlife.
Are the utility boxes exposed and making your yard ugly? These landscaping ideas will help you hide them and make your yard looks beautiful again.
A Nebraska gardener advocates for more prairie—and less lawn—to support wildlife across the Midwest.
The silver bush lupine grows into a rounded shrub growing 3-5 ft. tall with silky gray-green leaves. Blue to purple flowers grow on 8-12 in. long spikes from early to late spring. This highly adaptable California native lupine occurs across much of our state in grassland, foothill, valley and desert habitats where it is appreciated […]
Cover crops can improve soil quality, add nitrogen and reduce weeds, but how can they fit into a conventional rotation? Will Wilson reports from a
As with everything, trees come in all shapes and sizes, so it's important to choose the right-sized tree for your area. Here are some of the best trees to plant in a small yard in the South.
How to create habitat in your own backyard.
How to get started with rewilding your yard and garden.
Planting bushes in front of your house can not only add color to your front yard, it can also create dimension and protection for your home's very foundation.
La bromelia es una planta de interior decorativa y muy bonita. Te mostramos los mejores consejos para que aprendas a cuidarla y disfrutar de todo su colorido.
A suburban front yard meadow full of water-wise ideas, plants and design advice from pros who created a sedum lawn and a turf-free landscape.
Nouvelle variété pour les bords de mer, les jardins urbains et modernes, le Lomandra tanika ® aime le plein soleil et les sols drainés. Lire la suite
An Iowa gardener takes cues from nature to create an easy-care wildlife haven filled with colorful native plants.
Australian plants are perfect for the Mediterranean climate of the Western United States. Here's how you can garden like an Australian.
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Recreate a rare California Wildflower ecosystem in your own back (or front!) yard. This garden is a native-inspired plant palette that produces incredible pops of vibrant color each Spring and dramatic waves of amber grasses each fall. Seasonal garden with a lot more plants than others given the slender profile of many of these taller plants & grasses. PLANTS Small (150 sq.ft.) 45 x 4" & One Gallon Plants: California Wild Grass Mix, Pink Muhly Grass, Sundrops or Yellow Aster, Sand Verbena, Hummingbird Mint, Wild Primrose, Blue-eyed Grass, *Golden Poppy Medium (250 sq.ft.) 70 x 4" & One Gallon Plants: California Wild Grass Mix, Pink Muhly grass, Desert Mallow, Blue Eyed Grass, Sundrops or Yellow Aster, Sand Verbena, Hummingbird Mint, Wild Primrose, Pink Penstemon, Indian Mallow *Golden Poppy Large (500-750 sq.ft.) 100-125 x 4" & One Gallon Plants: Saltbush, Matilija Poppy, Lupin, Indian Mallow, California Wild Grass Mix, Pink Muhly grass, Blue Eyed Grass, Sundrops or Yellow Aster, Sand Verbena, Desert Mallow, California Sunflower, Wild Primrose, Pink penstemon *Golden Poppy *Golden Poppy live plants available Spring-early Summer ONLY. Substituted with best native Wildflowers in other seasons* SIZES: Up to 20% 4" Plants / 10% 5 gallons SPECIFICATIONS Sunset Zone: 16-17, 19-24 / Native to: 90% California 10% Mexico Native Habitat: Chaparral, Prairie, Foothills Wildlife: Birds & Pollinators / Blooms: Spring-Fall Fragrance: Minty, Herbal / Uses: Wildlife, Famine Foods Water Needs: Low / Soil Needs: Improved Drainage
Instead of hauling garden debris to the landfill, where it will just add to methane pollution, make something beautiful and beneficial out of it.
Ian Barker Gardens flips the switch on the traditional coastal garden to create a private green sanctuary protected from beach exposure.
A FANTASTIC Manzanita ‘Howard’ forms an extremely handsome evergreen shrub to 7’ tall and as wide in as many years. Striking mahogany bark is smooth with dark glossy deep green leaves. Profuse clusters of pink urn-shaped flowers appear in late winter and change to white over a period of six weeks. Maroon berries follow in […]
Leucospermum cordifolium 'Flame Giant' (Nodding Pincushion) is an attractive, rounded, spreading, evergreen shrub with huge, bright orange flower heads, up to 6 in. across (15 cm). Resembling pincushions, they are produced profusely over spring and early midsummer atop long stems. Borne at the tips of horizontal or arching stems, they are rich in nectar and attract birds and bees, thus assisting in the pollination of the flowers.
