A guide to converting your lawn into a wildlife friendly garden

Turning your grass into a garden isn't as complicated as you think, but it will take time and effort. This step-by-step guide ...

What is a Native Garden and How to Grow One

Here’s why more homeowners are ditching traditional lawns in favor of low-maintenance, eco-friendly landscapes called native ...
Los Angeles Times

Oh, no! Your native plants look dead. Here’s what to do

So you’ve torn out your lawn and created a native plant garden to conserve water and restore habitat for struggling birds and insects. But summer is approaching, many of your beautiful plants are ...
Daily Herald

How to start a native garden, bring wildlife to your yard and help the environment

The environmental benefits of adding native plants to yards and gardens are abundant, such as supporting local birds and butterflies, but many people might look across their lawns and not know where ...
Yahoo

Native Plant Alternatives To Grow Instead Of Invasive Foxglove For A Healthier Garden

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A patch of common foxglove bloom in a garden. - Photos From Japan, Asia And Othe Of The World/Getty Images With its tall spikes of ...
Homes and Gardens on MSN

Designers say this native shrub is replacing boxwood in formal gardens

Inkberry holly is the shrub replacing boxwood in formal gardens. Designers explain why it's the best alternative for pest and ...
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Want To Get Into Native Gardening? Use These Resources To Get Started

Maybe you had a particularly pleasant afternoon watching bees forage from your squash flowers, or someone gave you a pot of mountain mint with the advice that it's a great native plant. You've come to ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Starting your own native garden: A how-to

About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...
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Grant Supports Botanic Garden’s Native Plant Course for Landscapers

The Victor and Susan Schaff Family Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to support the California Native Plant Landscaper Certification Program at Santa ...
WTTW News

Chicago’s Native Garden Registry Is Open for Applications. Here’s How To Qualify

Chicago’s Native and Pollinator Garden Registry is now open for applications. But before a single submission has even been ...
Los Angeles Times

Her native plant garden brings all the butterflies to the yard — and local admirers too

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. When Aurora Anaya bought her little Art Deco house ...
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Garden in the Woods promotes native plants for pollinators, sustainability

Late spring show blooms at Garden in the Woods. Horticulturalist David Fulk points out some of his perennial favorites that are native to Massachusetts. This is *** sheep laurel, *** plant that ...