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...

Where Babies and Birds Play

How to Make a Nature Play Area at Home A child plays at Nessa’s Young’uns child care center in East Flat Rock. When Vanessa Gilliam...

Monarch Migration: More Than Milkweed

Every fall, millions of monarchs make their way down to the equator to flee the harsh winter conditions that would await them up north. On...

Beautiful blooms, but Multiflora Rose brings native plants to their doom

Volunteers clean up Multiflora Rose in April along the Oklawaha Greenway By Sarah Sussman, Conserving Carolina Americorps habitat restoration associate What is Multiflora Rose? There...

Bird-Friendly Yard Checklist: Are You Ready for Spring?

Whether your yard is big or small, you can make it a great habitat for birds. Here’s your checklist for a bird-friendly yard.

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...