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Eco-gardening
A Date with a Varied Thrush
A Little Bird Tells Us About the Necessity of Native Plants
After a Storm: Dead Wood Gives Life
An Underappreciated Insect: The Syrphid Fly
Anatomy of a Functional Garden
Attract Butterflies with Northwest Native Plants and More
Attract Ladybird Beetles (“Ladybugs”) to Your Northwest Garden Humanely
Autumn Leaves Benefit Your Garden in Countless Ways
Best Early Spring-Flowering Shrubs for Pacific Northwest Pollinators
Beyond Bees: The Underappreciated Pollinators
Cultivate Compassion in the Garden (and Beyond)
Five Ways to Make Your Yard More Biodiverse
Flip the Switch to Save the Dark!
Green Corridors Begin at Home
How to Grow Pacific NW Native Plants in Outdoor Containers
Hummingbirds Nest in Native Gardens
Just the Thicket … For Wildlife Habitat
Killer Windows: How to Help Stop Bird Collisions
Leaving Room for Wild Ones
Manage Stormwater at Home for Clean Rivers and Habitat
More Than Flowers: How to Support Pollinators in All Their Life Stages
New Study: Non-native Plants Reduce Insect Diversity
Northwest Native Pollinator Plants for Late Summer to Fall
Plants Are a Matter of Life or Death for Birds
Reflecting on What Makes a Garden “Real”
Reimagining the Ecological Value of Cities for Dwindling Pollinators
Remove Invasive Plants: It’s Good for Wildlife and Gardens
Take Care During Fall “Cleanups”
10 Great Northwest Native Pollinator Plants for Summer
Ten New Year’s Resolutions For Your Eco-Garden
The Best Mulch is Green
What Makes Leaves Change Color?
Winter Light, Winter Life
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profiles
Pacific Northwest Trees
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Western maidenhair fern (Adiantum aleuticum)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Goat’s beard (Aruncus dioicus)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Western Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Red-twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Pacific Northwest Plant Profile: California hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. californica)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Western bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Dodecatheon hendersonii (Henderson’s shooting star)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Western wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)
The Beauty of Fawn Lilies (Erythronium spp.)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Cascara (Frangula purshiana)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Oregon grape (Mahonia species)
A Native “Shamrock”: Oxalis oregana
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Broad-leaved penstemon (Penstemon ovatus)
Fragrance in a Northwest Garden: Western mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Pine (Pinus species)
A Winter Delight: Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Graceful cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Fairy bells (Prosartes spp.)
Gifts of the Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) aka Garry Oak
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Pacific Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: White spiraea (Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Western trillium (Trillium ovatum)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax)
Best Early Spring-Flowering Shrubs for Pacific Northwest Pollinators
10 Great Northwest Native Pollinator Plants for Summer
Northwest Native Pollinator Plants for Late Summer to Fall
Summer Berries for Pacific Northwest Birds (and You!)
Wildlife
A Date with a Varied Thrush
A Glimpse of an Owl
A Little Bird Tells Us About the Necessity of Native Plants
A Winter Treat for Wild Birds: Plant-Based Suet
American Robins of Summer: Their Hidden Lives and Loves, and Letting Go
An Underappreciated Insect: The Syrphid Fly
Anna’s Hummingbirds Nest in Native Gardens
Anna’s Hummingbird Babies: From Eggs to Empty Nest
Attract Butterflies with Northwest Native Plants and More
Attract Ladybird Beetles (“Ladybugs”) to Your Northwest Garden Humanely
The Best Way to Feed Hummingbirds in Warm Weather
Beyond Bees: The Underappreciated Pollinators
Catios Keep Cats and Birds Safe
Cedar Waxwing Flocks are Back!
City Birds, Country Birds: Who Lives Longest?
Damselflies: Live Fast and Die Young
Drought’s No Fun for Wildlife, Either
Earth to Humans: “Wake Up!”
Green Corridors Begin at Home
Help Hummingbirds Survive the Cold
Killer Windows: How to Help Stop Bird Collisions
Love in the Trees, Chickadee Style
More Than Flowers: How to Support Pollinators in All Their Life Stages
Stop the Poisons: Safe Alternatives to Rodenticides
Study Confirms Neonic’s Deadly Harm to Birds as EPA Ignores Facts
Take Care During Fall (and Spring) “Clean-ups”
Urgent Alert! Western Monarch Butterflies Desperately Need Our Help
Welcome Little-Known Moths to Your Garden
When Death Supports Life: Trees, Woodpeckers, and Biodiversity
Wild preservation
Cultivate Compassion in the Garden (and Beyond)
Green Corridors Begin at Home
Just the Thicket … For Wildlife Habitat
Urgent: Serious Threat to Oregon’s Tree Canopy, Wetlands and Environmental Zones
Inspiration
Landscape Design Consultations
Resources
Real Gardens Grow Natives
Design, Plant, & Enjoy a Healthy Northwest Garden
Gardening to Invite and Support Biodiversity
Posted on
January 14, 2022
by
Eileen Stark
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