Mosquitoes Driving You Batty? Fight Back with Bats and Other Environmentally Friendly Solutions

By Naturalist and Photographer Sharon Mammoser from Nature for My Soul As much as we all complain about mosquitoes, the truth is that they are...

Give Bats A Break!

By Naturalist and Photographer Sharon Mammoser from Nature for My Soul What comes to mind when you think of bats? Are the words you associate...

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!

Takeaways from Doug Tallamy

By Maddie Mann, Communications and Education Associate We all learned so much at the Gardening for Life Celebration featuring Doug Tallamy on March 4. We...

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.

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...