Gardeners, get ready — the world’s first ground-cover form of Hydrangea paniculata has arrived. Called Groundbreaker®, this plant was bred in the Netherlands by Living Creations and offers something never seen before: a […]
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Hosted by life-long gardeners Rick Vuyst and Stacey Hirvela, the Gardening Simplified show is designed to share our love of plants and gardening. Whatever your skill or experience level, you’ll
April 10th, 2025 | 1:00-2:00pm Eastern The U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with federal and academic partners, has been applying cutting-edge approaches to explore novel treatment methods for introduced Phragmites
Original Air Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 1:00pm ET. View here. Parks settings are particularly difficult to manage regarding recycling and litter prevention. While all programs experience challenges, some
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At the Winter Quarterly Meeting held on December 13,2024 Dr. Pete Sutliff gave a presentation on the Beebe Native Plant Pocket Park in located at the Warren Public Library in
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This year has demonstrated itself to be a very good year for your Beautification Council of Southeastern Michigan. In spite of the many challenges we all have faced, your organization
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Michigan is one of two states without a official state insect. This could change. House Bill 4159 was introduced by Rep. Julie Brixie in 2016 that would make the black swallowtail
The Black Swallowtail ButterflyCould Be Our First State Insect Read More »
https://seedsavers.org We have all been looking into our seed catalogs this month, planning our gardens and preparing our seed orders. As prices of nursery grown annuals and perennials continue to
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Support the growers who supply true native plants! Buy from them to increase their market. Ask for native plants at traditional garden centers, too, so they will stock them. WildTypes
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What constitutes a healthy plant? What makes a healthy-looking plant suddenly become enticing to insects? And why certain insects and not others? One indicator of plant life is found in
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