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Leaf Blower Ban: Public Info Campaign 👉 free downloads
As of January 1, gas leaf blowers were banned in our city, (Halleluliah!) but this does not mean the campaign will simply blow over. The legislative part is moving along, but the public information campaign is now in full swing among both residents and landscapers. The lack of information about…
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Planting Plan Giveaway!
I always struggle with planting plans. I’m not a map person and I like to figure things out in real time, but when applying for grants, or communicating ideas to people you’re trying to evangelise about the benefits of native plants, it’s always best to show your work. It seems…
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How I told my 12 year old daughter that Trump was her President this morning
This is how I told my twelve year old daughter that Trump is now her president: A lot of people voted for Donald Trump. A lot of them were told that he would make the country more secure and make gas cheaper and keep people from coming into the country.…
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Garden Blind Spots
I know I have a lot of blind spots in my garden, spaces that I don’t fully see, I might see them with some cloudy vision, but I’m seeing them more with my — what are those things that sharks have? Hold on, I have to google this — ok,…
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My Top Ten Garden Takeaways
I lied. There are 16… 6. Gardening is tragedy plus time 7. Choose annuals that will self seed 8. You make suggestions, nature makes decisions 9. Your garden frames moments: garden with your feeling 10. If you don’t like being a gardener-on-display like a mannequin in a shop window, then,…
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Leaf Blowers are a Symptom of a Bigger issue that Really Blows
As I write this, the sounds of spring waft into my living room carried on a cool, gentle breeze. Lilting motifs of cardinal love songs rise above staccato chirps. The wind picks up the pearly, fermented air off the surrounding river and strums a hundred branches with their newly sprouted…
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My List of 🤦♀️
🦋 Butterfly bush is not good for butterflies. Sorry. You had good intentions. 🍁 Leaves are supposed to fall on the ground. Otherwise we’d have no dirt and be standing on lava. 🌱 Wood mulch is for walking paths and establishing new plants, not permanent ground cover. Would you ever…
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Of Order and Chaos
This morning, I was fortunate to have a slice of time to sit on the porch with coffee before figuring out what to do with this mercifully rainy Sunday. A dude in a baseball cap walked by with his boxer in tow and seemed to shake his head disapprovingly at…
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Decolonizing Plant Names
You can’t write about plants for very long without hitting a cultural speed bump. I’ve hit many along the way. Most recently, I was writing about Monotropa uniflora popping up like creatures from the abyss in the woods. It was listed in our database as Indian pipe and I sent…
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Complicating Beauty
What was the last garden you visited? Public or private, big or small? Imagine yourself moving through that garden. If you are reading this, you are probably a gardener, and you probably know a lot about gardening and plants. As you move through that garden, imagine that all your gardening…
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