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🌿 Habitat Connections: From Yard to Ecosystem 🌿
Read story →: 🌿 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 can be…
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🦋 Pollinator/Wildlife Highlight: Mottled Duskywing 🦋
Read story →: 🦋 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 into its…
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🌿 Native Plant Spotlight: New Jersey Tea 🌿
Read story →: 🌿 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 spring and…
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🏡🌿 Neighbors for Nature: Turning Vacant Spaces into Community Places
Read story →: 🏡🌿 Neighbors for Nature: Turning Vacant Spaces into Community Placeshat 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 and local…
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🌿 Explore Outdoors: Take a Mindful Nature Walk 🌿
Read story →: 🌿 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 the pace.…
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🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🦋🌾
Read story →: 🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🦋🌾This week we explored a colorful prairie wildflower, discovered two small but fascinating butterflies, and learned why a patch of native grass is much more than just grass. How much do you…
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🌸🦋 BUZZ & BLOOM: Purple Poppy Mallow & Gray Hairstreak
Read story →: 🌸🦋 BUZZ & BLOOM: Purple Poppy Mallow & Gray HairstreakWhat happens when a beautiful native wildflower provides more than just a meal? Meet Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata), also known as Winecups, and one of the butterflies that can depend on…
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🌾🐦 HABITAT UPDATE: Native Grasses Are More Than Grass
Read story →: 🌾🐦 HABITAT UPDATE: Native Grasses Are More Than GrassWhen we think about wildlife habitat, colorful wildflowers, shrubs, and trees often get all the attention. But look a little closer at a patch of native grasses, and you’ll discover an entire…
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🦋🌸 POLLINATOR/WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHT: Common Checkered-Skipper
Read story →: 🦋🌸 POLLINATOR/WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHT: Common Checkered-SkipperSmall, fast, and easy to overlook—the Common Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius communis, formerly Pyrgus communis) proves that some of our most interesting butterflies come in tiny packages. 🔎 LOOK FOR THE CHECKERBOARD With a…