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  • Eco-gardening,  Setting up the Garden

    Start A Native Plant Garden (Even If You’re Overwhelmed and Short on Time)

    Rebecca V.

    If the idea of gardening feels like one more thing on your already full plate, you’re not alone. Traditional gardening can be time-consuming, expensive, and honestly… exhausting. Native plant gardening is different. Once…

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  • Native Plants

    5 Easy Care Native Plants

    Rebecca V.

    Here are 5 of the easiest, lowest-effort native plants out there. These are as close to “set it and forget it” as gardening gets: 1. Black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia hirta) Why it’s easy: What…

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  • Native Plants,  Plant lists

    Design your Garden Today with this Bloom Color Chart!

    Rebecca V.

    Are you thinking about designing a colorful native garden? Here’s a handy chart showing the bloom colors of popular native plants in the Northeast Region of the USA. These plants are excellent for…

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  • Native Plants,  Nature

    Native Plant Tracker

    Rebecca V.

    I’ve created a 15 page printable kit that you can use to observe and track the native plants in your environment as they change from week to week. The best teacher is experience…

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    Native Plants

    Nativars: what are they and should you buy them?

    Rebecca V.

    I am a big fan of using native plants in the garden because they are the golden standard for our local pollinators and wildlife, but through the years I’ve learned that it’s not…

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