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Welcome Home...Invasive Species?!

A Rose-Ringed Parakeet Image by Annette Meyer from Pixabay If you ever traveled, you know that most places if not all are strict with...

Should We BEE Concerned with Honey Bees?

Image by Pexels from Pixabay We talked about native bees of North America in a past blog post. What about Honey Bees? They’re [Western...

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...

The Magic of Soil

Soil is the basis of many things. It’s a home to a whole ecosystem hiding from our eyes. Ants and termites, earthworms, beetles, all...

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...

Tour Guide of Philadelphian Greenspaces

Wei Jiang Penn GSE, Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program (UTAP) Woodrow Wilson/Citizens & Scholars Fellowship As a First Generation, Low...

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...

Where Do Our Nursery Plants Go?

At our plant nursery, we currently have approximately 1,000 plants. Year-round, we work to make sure that our plants stay healthy and are...

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...