Bring Biodiversity and Its Benefits to Your Garden!

By Maddie Mann, AmeriCorps Communications and Education Associate The word biodiversity gets thrown around a lot. We have heard time and time again how biodiversity...

Piles of Stuff Make for Great Backyard Habitats!

Rockeries, Stumperies, Leaves, and Brush Piles Enhance Your Backyard Habitat From putting down the leaf blower to making piles of rocks, there are so many...

Support the Native Plants Right to Work Act

A dense planting of native perennial plants does more than just look great. Photo by Torry Nergart. In the place where good ideas go to...

Lights Out for Local Wildlife

How darkness benefits our native wildlife The United States at night, via a Google Earth satellite image. When you look at earth from a satellite...

Complete Guide to Gardening for Butterflies

This complete guide to gardening for butterflies in Western NC and Upstate SC covers butterfly host plants, top nectar plants, best trees, and many butterfly gardening tips!

Enter the Spring Habitat at Home Photo Contest!

Share photos of the wild things you see where you live and win garden themed prizes! Contest runs April 1 through May 15.

Habitat at Home: Where to Find Native Plants

Native plants attract birds, butterflies, and bees! Here’s where to find native plants in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

Spring Cleaning: Bird Baths, Feeders, and Houses

Photo by Peter Pearsall, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As spring approaches, you may be thinking about clearing the clutter out of your home and...

Native Plants for Holiday Decorating

A holly tree branch, photographed by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner / Wikimedia. As the holiday season approaches, you may be thinking about how to brighten up...

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