LandHealth Institute hosts an urban native plant nursery right next to parkside avenue. In addition to growing native plants for both...

Even though most people can’t identify any butterflies, I’d be willing to bet that of those who can identify a butterfly, most of them...

In our region there is currently a plant in fruit with tasty red or purple berries and with a multitude of common names. The genus of...

I can still remember the morning last spring. I was watching birds at Woodland Cemetery, searching for migrating songbirds. Then, on...

Permaculture, a term derived from "permanent agriculture," refers to the design and maintenance of productive ecosystems that support...

You might already know that we rely on the Earth’s ecosystems every day to supply us with clean air, water, food, medicine, climate...

Cities are ecosystems of the human habitat, and urban exploration prompts the discovery of this emerging ecosystem. Wherever you find...

As urban regions continue to develop, making the best of the spaces in-between is a growing necessity. In shifting cities like...

Although as I’m writing this on March 2nd, 2018, when Philadelphia is in the middle of snowy and windy Northeaster that makes it hard to...

Over the past few decades, urbanization has transformed natural land into fragmented hardscapes spotted with harmful lawns and ornamental...