A Rose-Ringed Parakeet Image by Annette Meyer from Pixabay If you ever traveled, you know that most places if not all are strict with...

Image by Pexels from Pixabay We talked about native bees of North America in a past blog post. What about Honey Bees? They’re [Western...

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...

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...

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...

Wei Jiang Penn GSE, Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program (UTAP) Woodrow Wilson/Citizens & Scholars Fellowship As a First Generation, Low...

Native Grass Lawns Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) At this time of year, we have a few plants...

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...

Most people know that native plant species are critical in preserving the health of ecosystems. But it is not often that we stop to think...

Avid home gardeners and agriculturalists have probably used or heard about companion planting (or companion gardening) to optimize their...