Welcoming Wildlife Wrap-Up

Welcoming Wildlife Wrap-Up

Our spring sustainability theme was all about Welcoming Wildlife. The goal of this theme was to help people turn their outdoor spaces into mini-havens for our animal and plant neighbors.  During this theme, we shared information in a few different ways. We created a...
Pesticide-free Gardening?

Pesticide-free Gardening?

The idea of welcoming wildlife to our outdoor spaces seems like something easy enough to get behind, that is until it comes to unwanted garden pests. The go-to solution for getting rid of pests is to spray your garden with a little bit of a chemical pesticide. The...
Lawns: Is grass always greener?

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

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,...