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Solidago – Glorious Goldenrod

Oct 1, 2013

Vol. 18 Issue 3, Fall 2013 By Kerry Bzdyk Photo by Nicole Hamilton On one of those glorious and uncharacteristically...

Worried About Insects on Your Milkweeds?

Apr 1, 2013

Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2013 by Sally Snidow One of the critical factors in the Monarch Butterfly’s struggle to...

Common Milkweed

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Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2013 by Kerry Bzdyk Common Milkweed Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) – a fascinating plant with an...

Your Garden Has a Function

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Vol. 16 Issue 2, Summer 2011 By Donna Quinn Excerpted from bringingnaturehome.net/native-gardening/gardening-for-life Sobering Facts: The Chesapeake Bay Watershed has lost...

Garden as if Life Depended on It

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Vol. 16 Issue 2, Summer 2011 By Nicole Hamilton The trees were cleared. The wetlands were filled and graded as...

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Vol. 12 Issue 1, Spring 2007 By Joe Midolo It’s that time of year again, time to clean out your...

Get Involved with Monarch Conservation by Creating a Monarch Waystation

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Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 Here in Loudoun, we are losing our grasslands and weedy roadside areas at an...

Welcome Frogs into your Garden: Build a Frog Pond

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Vol. 10 Issue 2, Summer 2005 By Nicole Hamilton Frog ponds are a wonderful addition to any garden.  They can...

Gardening for Wildlife

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Vol. 10 Issue 1, Spring 2005 By Nicole Hamilton “Nature, wild nature, dwells in gardens just as she dwells in...

Favorite Hummingbird Plants

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The following is a list of favorite hummingbird plants. It includes both native and non-native plants. Also check out our Gardening...

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