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Don’t Despair, Plant Lovers! Native Plants Offer Winter Interest

This story originally appeared in the Transylvania Times. Winter can seem dreary at times. To the gardener, it seems like the only thing to do...

Video: Expert Tips on How to Get Rid of Kudzu

In this video, members of our Kudzu Warriors volunteer crew share expert tips and demonstrate how to manage a kudzu infestation.

Habitat at Home: The Benefits of Mulch around Trees, Both for Insects and the Tree’s Health

Trees bring leaves, and the cycle of the season brings those leaves raining down on your yard every fall. But what to do with those...

Polk County Library Receives Pollinator Boost From Conserving Carolina

All it took were a few pickup trucks full of horse manure compost, some hard work, and some love to transform an empty space of...

Habitat at Home: Seed Heads and Bee Habitats

Graphic: botanist and author Heather Holm As fall marches on toward winter, and vegetation prepares its end of the year life cycle, we’d like to...

A Wild Space for Our Young Family

Grass is not the enemy, but at my house, it wasn’t doing anybody any favors. My name is Pat Barcas, I’ll be serving with Americorps...

Holes in Your Leaves? No Problem!

A ragweed plant is peppered with tiny holes, most likely from a grasshopper. Growing up, I associated the presence of holes in plants to be...

Discovering Our Native Butterflies!

Take a tour of a NC milkweed farm to see beautiful native butterflies and caterpillars. Learn how to spot monarchs and spicebush and pipevine swallowtails.

How to Create a Pocket Meadow

We spoke to local plant ecologist, Lisa Wagner, to learn more about this sustainable approach to gardening for wildlife. Overlooking a meadow in Cherokee National...

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