In These Gardens, New Home Lands Grow
On the blended ecologies that first-generation immigrants tend.
Tag: gardening
What’s the Secret of Strawberry Hill, a Butterfly Haven in a City That’s Rough on Butterflies?
For urban butterfly habitats, more is more.
Learning to Love Dandelions
It's the epitome of the unwanted weed -- but there are reasons to choose to want dandelions.
Lord of the Flies
Bored at home? Learn how to train common flies to ride on your finger like miniature falcons.
What are These Small, White, Circular Needle-Like Things?
I found this on my front door — it looks like needles in a circular motion with white tips. What is it? The small “needles” that start to decorate doors,...
What Do You Do About the Insect Apocalypse?
Scientists sound the alarm about free-falling insect populations. What can you do about it?
A Gardener in the World
Can the native plant movement outlast its scientific and cultural critics?
What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Xenophobia
Opinion: The American democratic experiment and the survival of the planet may depend on overcoming our fear of foreigners
San Francisco’s Native Bees Do the Job Just Fine
San Francisco gardeners should take heart. There's enough native bees around to do your pollinating.
Gardening for Wild Bees? Now There’s an App for That
A new iPad app, Wild Bee Gardening, draws on the knowledge of native bee experts to bring native bee conservation and gardening into the digital realm.
