Plant Parentage

01/15/2022

Winter studies on bonsai...

Canadian bonsai master David Easterbrook explains how to transform a dwarf Norwegian spruce into a bonsai.The end of summer and Fall is a great time for find...

03/05/2021

So sweet!

12/10/2020

Long Island Sound Watershed, New York (December 7, 2020) – Today, top federal and state environmental officials from New England and New York announced 38 grants totaling $3.8 million to local government, nongovernmental organizations and community groups to improve the health and ecosystem of Lon...

05/18/2020

04/26/2020

Ten apple varieties that were thought to be extinct have been recovered thanks to a non-profit group of apple hunters.

04/24/2020

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04/24/2020

Stay home stay safe :)

04/20/2020

Dandelions are pollinators’ best friends: lay off the w**d killer and the lawnmower, ecologist urges Aside from being extremely useful to humans, dandelions and other common lawn “w**ds” are invaluable to bees and other pollinators. You can help globally struggling pollinators tremendously sim...

04/12/2020

David Placek, who owns properties in Montclair, had originally waived April and May, but recently tacked on June as well.

03/26/2020

My favorite yoga teacher is available to all of us through Facebook. Rudy Pierce gentle yoga.

03/23/2020

03/22/2020

GOOD NEWS: All of our teachers are fully equipped to teach video lessons while we weather the storm of Covid-19. As a community of musicians, we came together to form Ditmas Park Music Teachers Col…

02/08/2020

The Orchid Show—NYC's stunning floral display at the New York Botanical Garden—is a mid-winter pick-me-up, featuring thousands of beautiful blooms

01/25/2020

Scientists and wildlife experts have added the bee to the list of species that are doomed to extinction in the near future if humanity does not change.

01/22/2020

Cotton!

01/14/2020

An old wisteria tree. Wow

01/14/2020

Hmmm..

Being buried in a big wooden box is slowly becoming a thing of the past. A new project is being developed in Italy that has a unique approach to the concept of death. Advertisement The idea of having your body become the seed of a tree after passing was developed by Italian designers Anna Citelli...

01/13/2020

01/03/2020

Happy Year 2020 everyone! I've been super busy between the new store on City Island and the PP accounts out east I've lost touch with my friends! Big shout out to all of you, love and happiness in all that you do this new year!

11/15/2019

"The Shores of Shinnecock: This is Who We Are" This episode is an introduction to this series. A unique first hand outlook focusing on the history of the Shi...

10/30/2019

Love love the Dancing Tree!!💚💚

10/30/2019

Fall harmony. Just beautiful! 🍂🍁🍂

09/30/2019

After reading these top health benefits of dandelion, you'll start picking them from your yard to use medicinally instead of destroying them with sprays.

09/27/2019

This was taken in Cottage Grove, Oregon by Larry Andreasen. It’s a supernumerary rainbow!

09/17/2019

09/12/2019

"Honeybees and other pollinators are dying in droves."

09/10/2019

The government had already promised to plant more trees as part of a climate action plan released in June, which aims to make Ireland carbon neutral by 2050 by investing in renewable energy, instituting a carbon tax and changing land use, HuffPost explained. But the plan did not specify an exact num...

09/05/2019

We are getting lots of calls and emails about webbing and chewed leaves in trees. This is caused by fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea). They are the caterpillars of a moth. Every few years they have a good year and we see more webbing/damage. They are not a serious threat to our trees, and just part of nature.

09/03/2019

Adults, children and everyone in between can learn how to raise monarchs and what to plant to nurture them at the Migrating Monarchs Celebration Sept. 8 at 3 p.m. in River Forest.

09/03/2019

Keep checking your Milkw**d- there are big monarch caterpillars ready to chrysalis

09/03/2019

Last June, Ellen Lambeth and Greg Hudson, fellow staffers here at National Wildlife Federation who work on Ranger Rick magazine, had a pretty awesome wildlife sighting. While Ellen was heading to the …

09/02/2019

A new study from researchers at the University of Guelph says that cutting down milkw**d -- a plant crucial as both nursery and food to the monarch butterfly -- could actually be beneficial to the insect as long as it’s done at the right time of year.

08/20/2019

There's high demand for a new program to encourage Minnesota homeowners to replace part of their lawn with native plants that provide food and shelter for bees and other insects.

08/10/2019

07/27/2019

Tony Avent forged a plan with the JC Raulston Arboretum to ensure his vast plant collection, breeding program lasts for generations.

07/26/2019

The 2008 meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of London saw a conclusion be the Earthwatch Institute which I would consider rather tremendous in stature. Bees have been declared the most important living beings on this planet and this is a very important step, considering that they are on the e...

07/20/2019

This is why dragonflies are some of the best predators to keep mosquito populations low.