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      • Green Corridors Begin at Home
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      • How to Minimize ‘Ecological Traps’ Within Naturalistic Gardens
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      • More Than Flowers: How to Support Pollinators in All Their Life Stages
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      • Reflecting on What Makes a Garden “Real”
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      • Take Care During Fall “Cleanups”
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      • Winter Light, Winter Life
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      • 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: Shiny-leaf spiraea (Spiraea 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)
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      • 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!)
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      • 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
      • How to Minimize ‘Ecological Traps’ Within Naturalistic Gardens
      • 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
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      • Just the Thicket … For Wildlife Habitat
      • Cultivate Compassion in the Garden (and Beyond)
      • Urgent: Serious Threat to Oregon’s Tree Canopy, Wetlands and Environmental Zones
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