🍂 Habitat Connections: Leave the Leaves! 🍂
As autumn arrives and leaves begin covering our yards, our first instinct may be to grab the rake. But those fallen leaves aren’t just yard waste—they’re habitat! A layer of
September 2026
🦋 Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight: Dotted Skipper 🦋
Small, quick, and closely tied to our native grasslands, meet the Dotted Skipper (Hesperia attalus)! This warm-toned skipper may be easy to overlook as it darts through sunny, open habitats,
🌾 Native Plant Highlight: Sideoats Grama 🌾
Native grasses may not always get the attention of colorful wildflowers, but they are an essential part of a healthy habitat. Meet Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)—a distinctive warm-season native grass
🏡🌿 Neighbors for Nature: One Yard Can Start a Corridor
What happens when neighbors stop thinking of their yards as separate spaces and start seeing them as pieces of one larger habitat? In Princeton, New Jersey, a small group of
🐾 Explore Outdoors Nature Challenge: Search for Animal Tracks! 🐾
You don’t have to see an animal to know it was there! Wildlife leaves clues everywhere—and one of the most exciting clues to discover is a footprint. This week’s Explore
🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🦋🌾
How much did you learn from this week’s Nature on the Brink posts? Test your nature knowledge with these six questions about New Jersey tea, the Mottled Duskywing, and the
🌸🦋 Buzz & Bloom: New Jersey Tea + Mottled Duskywing 🦋🌸
This week’s Buzz & Bloom is a perfect example of why choosing native plants can make such a difference for wildlife. 🌿 THE BLOOM: New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)Clusters of
🌿 Habitat Connections: From Yard to Ecosystem 🌿
What if we stopped thinking of our yards simply as landscapes—and started seeing them as living ecosystems? A healthy yard can be much more than grass, shrubs, and flowers. It
🦋 Pollinator/Wildlife Highlight: Mottled Duskywing 🦋
Small, fast, and easy to overlook, the Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis) is another wonderful example of why native plants matter. With its mottled brown-and-gray wings, this little skipper blends beautifully
🌿 Native Plant Spotlight: New Jersey Tea 🌿
Looking for a beautiful native shrub that works hard for pollinators? Meet New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)! This compact native shrub produces clusters of tiny, fragrant white flowers in late
🏡🌿 Neighbors for Nature: Turning Vacant Spaces into Community Places
hat can happen when neighbors come together to care for neglected land? In Philadelphia, the answer is pretty remarkable. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia LandCare program works with neighborhood organizations
🌿 Explore Outdoors: Take a Mindful Nature Walk 🌿
When was the last time you took a walk without worrying about how far you went or how quickly you got there? This week, slow down and let nature set