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No yard? No problem! Welcoming Wildlife to small outdoor spaces
In our last blog post, we talked all about lawns and what people can do to make them more welcoming spaces for wildlife. But what about people who don’t have a yard? For those of us with smaller outdoor spaces, there are still a lot of ways we can welcome wildlife, we...
Lawns: Is grass always greener?
One of the biggest enemies to natural biodiversity is a pristine turfgrass lawn. Manicured lawns are an example of monoculture meaning lawns are areas where a single type of crop (grass) is the only thing that is planted. While it might look clean and tidy to have a...
Why we need biodiversity
While we’re sprucing up our outdoor spaces for spring, it can be easy to forget about our wild neighbors. Unfortunately, sometimes what we see as improvements to our green spaces can be pretty harmful to the biodiversity of our neighborhoods. Without biodiversity,...
Imago’s New Family Programs
Imago’s Family Programs were born out of a desire to provide engaging and unique experiences families could enjoy together. We welcome you to take advantage of our beautiful nature preserve and enjoy time learning about different outdoor skills. Our knowledgeable...
Another Successful Plaid Friday Hike
I am so grateful for the Plaid Friday tradition (we’re up to six of them now). It started with an idea from our friend, Danny Korman, who closed his store on the “biggest shopping day of the year”. Danny wanted to encourage folks to get out of stores and out of...
Nature Rx Round-Up
This fall, we launched our latest sustainability theme: Nature Rx. We chose this theme because we knew that people might be feeling stressed during this whirlwind of a year and could probably use some mindful time outside. The goal of the Nature Rx theme was to share...