Doug Tallamy to Speak at Gardening for Life Event

Doug Tallamy. Photo by Rob Cardillo. The bestselling author who started a nationwide movement to landscape our yards and communities in ways that provide much-needed...

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...

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...

Monarchs and Milkweed are a gateway to learning about other host plants

Tired of hearing about how to help the imperiled monarch butterfly yet? Yeah, me neither. We have a long way to go to restore the...

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!

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...