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.
Related Studies: Academic studies on the perils of non-native plants and the benefits to biodiversity of native spanning more than seven years.