About Native Gardening

Best Bets: Herbaceous Plants

Favorite herbaceous plants for mid-Atlantic butterflies and moths.

Best Bets: Woody Plants

Favorite woody plants for mid-Atlantic butterflies and moths.

Gardening For Life

Chances are, you have never thought of your garden - - indeed, of all of the space on your property - - as a wildlife preserve that represents the last chance we have for sustaining plants and animals that were once common throughout the U.S. But that is exactly the role our suburban landscapes are now playing and will play even more in the near future.