Naturalist, Author, Birder, Educator
I’m in the process of creating a new presentation about Landscaping for Wildlife and I’ve been doing a lot of research to include all of the best information so I can teach people how to design a garden that creates welcoming habitat for wildlife and is beautiful to behold. During this process I have discovered a wonderful resource [...]
Habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation due to human activity is the leading cause of bird population declines. Birdscaping your garden will create an oasis in a desert of development. Birdscaping is one of the very few activities that truly follows the motto “If you build it, they will come,” and grants immediate gratification. I’ve seen proof [...]
Last summer I had the extreme pleasure of visiting the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, and I was pleasantly surprised to see their devotion to preserving the native plant communities of this area of the coast. The Pink Lady Slipper Orchids were in bloom, and I was totally enchanted by these delicate blooms! I got to witness [...]
Yesterday I was invited to participate in the Anti-Valentine Lawn Project, and I wrote a Love Letter to Wildlife, talking about how each of us could create a love letter to wildlife in our gardens by reducing or eliminating our lawns and adding welcoming habitat for the birds, butterflies and other critters to share our spaces with. [...]
Happy Valentines Day from my very chilly house in Philadelphia! Each of us can create our own love letter to wildlife by learning to create welcoming habitat in our gardens to share our space with the birds, butterflies, pollinators, even frogs and toads and other creepy crawlies. Our wildlife gardens can become a garden full of [...]
On this sad day when you cannot turn on any radio or tv station and not hear a song by Whitney Houston, the song of hers that sticks in my mind begins “I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” There’s an old adage that says “We cannot protect [...]
I’m sitting here in my very chilly house with no heat or hot water due to an act of negligence by John Carson and Son Roofing, and I’m not happy at all! My plumber just left after turning off the furnace and hot water heater because it seems John Carson and Son roofing took down [...]
This past weekend I traveled to the Conowingo Dam at the Susquehanna River along the PA/MD border to see the Bald Eagles who spend the winter here. The Conowingo Dam is one of the largest non-federal hydroelectric facilities in the US, and when it is generating electricity fish and water are sucked into the dam through large [...]
Exploring the wonders of nature with the children who come to visit my wildlife garden is one of the greatest joys of my life. We turn over rocks to look for the Worm Snake who lives there. We watch the bugs with our hand lenses. We are amazed when the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis. [...]
Advocacy, activism, protest, and dissent have long been methods to work for change. It is a good thing to stand up and say “This is Wrong” when organizations, governments, and other people have done something that has let us down or done harm to another person, our environment, our health, and our planet. It is [...]
Ecosystem Gardening
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Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens
Ecosystem Gardening
