Yesterday I was invited to participate in the Anti-Valentine Lawn Project, and I wrote a Love Letter to Wildlife, talking about how each of us could create a love letter to wildlife in our gardens by reducing or eliminating our lawns and adding welcoming habitat for the birds, butterflies and other critters to share our [...]
Bald Eagle Recovery
This past weekend I traveled to the Conowingo Dam at the Susquehanna River along the PA/MD border to see the Bald Eagles who spend the winter here. The Conowingo Dam is one of the largest non-federal hydroelectric facilities in the US, and when it is generating electricity fish and water are sucked into the dam [...]
Orange Moon and The Grandmother Tree
Exploring the wonders of nature with the children who come to visit my wildlife garden is one of the greatest joys of my life. We turn over rocks to look for the Worm Snake who lives there. We watch the bugs with our hand lenses. We are amazed when the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis. [...]
David Mizejewski Defends National Wildlife Federation Partnership with Scotts Miracle Gro
Listen to interview with David Mizejewski while you read: Like so many others, I was stunned when I learned that the National Wildlife Federation had decided to team up with Scotts Miracle Gro in what they describe as a mutually beneficial relationship. Personally I find nothing at all beneficial about this, and I have a [...]
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There are many reasons to subscribe to Wren Song, our weekly newsletter, but a really big one may be that you prefer to get a weekly summary as opposed to a daily email of individual posts. Wren Song brings you the best in wildlife garden, native plants, pollinators, schoolyard habitats, and butterfly and bird habitat [...]
Wildlife Garden Trends
It seems that January is the time of year for making predictions about what this year’s trends will be in the gardening world. I am so thrilled that at least for some, creating welcoming habitat for wildlife in our gardens has made an appearance on these lists (Notice that this list also includes designing with native [...]
Beautiful Wildlife Gardens Around the World
Imagine going on a (virtual) tour of some amazing wildlife gardens from around the world. I’d be thrilled to see the birds, butterflies, and other wildlife that are attracted to the native plants of far away places that I’ve only been able to imagine before. I’d have so many questions for a wildlife gardener from [...]
Doug Tallamy Says Bring Nature Home to Your Wildlife Garden
Talk to anyone who speaks, writes, or teaches about creating welcoming habitats for wildlife in our gardens, and sooner rather than later they will mention Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy. This book has become the “bible” for wildlife gardeners everywhere. Doug Tallamy clearly shows in this book how native plants form the basis of [...]
Top 10 Tips for Your Winter Wildlife Garden
Many people are surprised when I talk about all the activity in my wildlife garden in winter. For them, everything is dead, all the plants are dormant, and there is nothing to see. How wrong they are! When you plan your wildlife garden, it’s always good to keep winter in mind so that you can [...]
Happy Solstice
Tonight marks the winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. And all around the world people are celebrating the return of the light. The days will become longer and the nights shorter. It’s a time of rebirth and renewal, and I am looking forward to this reversal this year and the turning of the season [...]
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