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Lawn Gone: Nourishing Our Ecosystems with Meadows
by Mary B. O’Neill, Ph.D. Reprinted with permission, this article first appeared in the July 2017 issue of Main Street Magazine. The American Dream of homeownership, good fences making good neighbors,...
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Top Ten Ways to Screw Up an Installed Meadow
by Nick Novick Opportunities for a meadow project to go south lurk at every stage, from design and customer interaction to installation and maintenance. Getting a meadow going is enough of a challenge...
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Planting a Wildflower Meadow? Site Preparation Comes First!
by Cathy Neal Successfully establishing a meadow from seed is a three-year process, with the first year devoted to good site preparation. This may be a hard sell to your clients (or yourself), but time...
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The Top Ten Successful Meadow Species and Why
by Penn Marchael A monarch butterfly enjoys this meadow’s offerings. Establishing a meadow is difficult; you have to combat chaotic weather forecasts and wait at least three years to see results all...
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North American Prairie Species of New England
by Neil Diboll A number of flowers and grasses commonly associated with Midwestern prairies also occur in the meadows of New England. Some species are widely distributed throughout the region, while...
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What Is Rewilding?
Anna Fialkoff will present Rewild in 10 Action Steps at ELA’s Conference & Eco-Marketplace on March 4. by Heather McCargo and Anna Fialkoff Original article on the Wild Seed Project website here...
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Planting Landscape Niches
By Susan Barton This article was excerpted and adapted from a Delaware Cooperative Extension Brochure entitled Livable Plants for the Home Landscape | Cooperative Extension with the permission of the...
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An Interview With Botanist Walter Kittredge
The following interview is adapted from the Vegetable Garden Blog and reprinted with permission from John and Walter Kittredge. Interviewer John Kittredge Inteviewee Walter Kittredge What new skills or...
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Creating Wildflower Meadows from Scratch Or by Simply Changing Mowing Regimes
Or by Simply Changing Mowing Regimes By Alina Harris This article originally appears in November 2021 Xerces Society Creating Wildflower Meadows from Scratch or by Simply Changing Mowing Regimes |...
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Native Habitat Restoration on an Old Wisconsin Farm
By Marcie O’Connor View from the road – summer of 2000 – the summer we bought the farm. Our adventure began in early 2000 when my husband and I bought 500 acres of an old farm in the Driftless Area of...
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Seedling Identification
By: Rie Macchiarolo, ELA President Sowing seeds as a way of creating, transforming, and augmenting landscapes is a wonderfully fun and affordable method. It can be quite rewarding after a fall seeding...
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