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Wildflowers in Mass: In the Headlines

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

More than 500 kinds of wildflowers at Sheffield site - Berkshire Eagle Online

By Jessica Willis, Berkshire Eagle Staff

Article Last Updated: 05/06/2008 03:21:35 AM EDT

SHEFFIELD — Springtime at Bartholomew’s Cobble means a riot of wildflowers in bloom: Red-and-white trillium. Deep magenta columbine. Shiny yellow trout lilies. The delicate […]

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Tags: Public Lands · Berkshires · Environment · Spring · Naturalistic · Native Plants

Moss Mavens and Havens

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Moss Makes a No-Care Lawn - New York Times

DEEP GREEN David Benner is an advocate of what he calls “the moss approach” to lawn maintenance.

 
By JANCEE DUNN
Published: May 1, 2008

Solebury, Pa.

Moss, which grows fast and hugs the ground, prevents soil erosion. Its density repels weeds. Deer do not snack on it. It can be walked […]

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Tags: Landscape Inspiration · Private Gardens · Northeast · Naturalistic · Sustainability · The New York Times · Design Technique · Native Plants

Friends of the Great Swamp Purchase Parcel in Patterson, NY

March 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

FrOGS News Alerts Annotated

FrOGS News Alerts
Eighteen Acres of Promise (2008)
by Judy Kelley-Moberg

FrOGS has been able to acquire an 18-acre patch of uplands and floodplain meadow bordering Quaker Brook at the corner of Haviland Hollow Road and East Branch Road in the Town of Patterson.

Quaker Brook, sometimes called Haviland Hollow Brook, runs through […]

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Tags: Environment · Naturalistic · Nature · Frogs · Hudson Valley Attractions

Anne Raver on Doug Tallamy: Natives Host Bugs for Birds

March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs - New York Times Annotated
OXFORD, Pa
(This Saturday: Native Plant Symposium All Stars-Douglas Tallamy, Darrel Morrison, Dick Lighty, Ian Caton)

Doug Tallamy
Dogwood

DOUG TALLAMY and his wife, Cindy, built their house seven years ago in the middle of 10 acres of former […]

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Tags: Insects · Naturalistic · Birds · Sustainability · US · The New York Times · Large gardens · Native Plants

Coming to the High Line: Shall We Adopt Piet As Native?

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

A Landscape in Winter, Dying Heroically - New York Times Annotated
 

Multimedia
Slide Show
Artfully Planned Decay
Piet Oudolf
“The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.”
For Mr. Oudolf, in fact, the real test of a well-composed garden is […]

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Tags: Naturalistic · Public Gardens · New York NY · Winter · Design philosophy · Europe · The New York Times