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What Would That Bee?
You hear a familiar buzz, and a flash of black and yellow stripes flies across your eyes. Is it a bee? A wasp? One of those! I never paid...
Brenda Vong
Jan 24, 2022


The Magic of Soil
Soil is the basis of many things. It’s a home to a whole ecosystem hiding from our eyes. Ants and termites, earthworms, beetles, all...
Brenda Vong
Dec 20, 2021


Garden Friends or Foe?
What is that red dot moving on your plant? It’s a ladybug! These leaves have been chewed through! Maybe it was a caterpillar. You hear...
Brenda Vong
Dec 13, 2021


Tour Guide of Philadelphian Greenspaces
Wei Jiang Penn GSE, Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program (UTAP) Woodrow Wilson/Citizens & Scholars Fellowship As a First Generation, Low...
Wei Jiang
Nov 29, 2021


A Home For A Plant
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay Container gardening. It’s quick and cheap to set up, easy to manage, and is an accessible form of...
Brenda Vong
Nov 25, 2021


Nursery Fall 2021 Highlights
Students from Belmont Charter High School, just around the corner from our nursery, have been helping LandHealth with site development...
Steve Jones
Nov 22, 2021


Skip the Soil, Get Growing!
In past blogs, you might have read about vertical gardening and companion planting. So are there other ways to efficiently garden? What...
Brenda Vong
Nov 8, 2021


Life at the Nursery 2
Native Grass Lawns Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) At this time of year, we have a few plants...
Bri Zayas
Sep 13, 2021


Sunflower Power!
Sunflowers are known to be tough and sturdy, and they come in all shapes, colors, sizes, and uses! Some branching and single-stem...
Brenda Vong
Sep 6, 2021


Where Do Our Nursery Plants Go?
At our plant nursery, we currently have approximately 1,000 plants. Year-round, we work to make sure that our plants stay healthy and are...
Bri Zayas
Aug 30, 2021
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