Plan Your Habitat Garden👏🐝
Wanting to make a home for bumblebees and butterflies? Looking for jaw-dropping beauty and a feeling of connectedness? Just needing a peaceful place to enjoy your morning coffee? Native gardens can do all of this and more, and now is the time to put a plan in motion!
Gardening Tips
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5 Native Plants That Will Love Your “Crummy” So...
North Branch NativesWe get it—gardening in the city can be tough. Across much of Chicagoland, dry, sandy soils, low organic matter, salt, and pollutants, can make it feel like nothing wants to...
5 Native Plants That Will Love Your “Crummy” So...
North Branch NativesWe get it—gardening in the city can be tough. Across much of Chicagoland, dry, sandy soils, low organic matter, salt, and pollutants, can make it feel like nothing wants to...
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Best Pollinator-Friendly Trees and Shrubs for U...
Liz VogelTransform your Chicago landscape into a buzzing, blooming paradise for pollinators and wildlife. Native trees and shrubs are your secret weapon! These woody wonders do so much —they're the backbone...
Best Pollinator-Friendly Trees and Shrubs for U...
Liz VogelTransform your Chicago landscape into a buzzing, blooming paradise for pollinators and wildlife. Native trees and shrubs are your secret weapon! These woody wonders do so much —they're the backbone...
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Seed Magic: Saving + Sowing Native Plant Seeds ...
Laura DangerWhen you intentionally plant a native garden with all-season interest in mind, you not only have blooms from spring to fall, but you also have seeds to save throughout the seasons....
Seed Magic: Saving + Sowing Native Plant Seeds ...
Laura DangerWhen you intentionally plant a native garden with all-season interest in mind, you not only have blooms from spring to fall, but you also have seeds to save throughout the seasons....
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Editing Your Native Garden: Rebalancing for Bea...
Laura DangerAs your native garden matures, the focus of care shifts. Early on, weeding is crucial—newly planted gardens have disturbed soil with bare patches that are perfect weed habitat. Keeping these...
Editing Your Native Garden: Rebalancing for Bea...
Laura DangerAs your native garden matures, the focus of care shifts. Early on, weeding is crucial—newly planted gardens have disturbed soil with bare patches that are perfect weed habitat. Keeping these...
