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What Would That Bee?

You hear a familiar buzz, and a flash of black and yellow stripes flies across your eyes. Is it a bee? A wasp? One of those! I never paid...

Garden Friends or Foe?

What is that red dot moving on your plant? It’s a ladybug! These leaves have been chewed through! Maybe it was a caterpillar. You hear...

Nursery Fall 2021 Highlights

Students from Belmont Charter High School, just around the corner from our nursery, have been helping LandHealth with site development...

Life at the Nursery 2

Native Grass Lawns Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) At this time of year, we have a few plants...

Sunflower Power!

Sunflowers are known to be tough and sturdy, and they come in all shapes, colors, sizes, and uses! Some branching and single-stem...

Watershed Citizenship: Exploring my Backyard Watershed

One of my last memories with my dad involves a small tadpole. There is a pond, hidden from the bustle of suburbia through a winding...

Native Plant Species & Ecosystem Health

Most people know that native plant species are critical in preserving the health of ecosystems. But it is not often that we stop to think...

Companion Planting

Avid home gardeners and agriculturalists have probably used or heard about companion planting (or companion gardening) to optimize their...

Whitby Meadows Project

Earlier this spring, LandHealth Institute partnered with Audubon Mid-Atlantic to complete a land revitalization project at Whitby Meadows...

WeWalk Wonderwalks

LandHealth Institute is excited to announce a series of Urban-Eco Wonderwalks in partnership with WeWalkPHL. They are a free walking...