Kathleen Groll Connolly, Landscape & Garden Designer, Speaker, Writer
How much do you think global warming will harm plant and animal species? A representative sample of Americans responded to that question in a 2022 survey. A whopping 70% said “a great deal” (52%) or “moderately” (18%). Here are 7 small changes that can help reverse the problems facing our fellow creatures.
Many of us remember chasing fireflies on summer nights as children. Others wistfully recall listening to hoot-owls, or finding frogs, toads, turtles, newts, salamanders, and, yes, snakes. Learn 8 ways we can put out the wildlife welcome mat.
I had fun designing and assisting with the installation of a waterside buffer garden at Lake Hayward, East Haddam, CT. In June 2014, the garden was maturing. (See the photos below.) Yarrow and Penstemon (aka Beardstongue) were in full bloom. Both plants have a lot of ecological value. Penstemon is recognized by the Xerces Society as attracting large numbers of native bees. Yarrow is both attractive to native bees and attracts predatory or parasitoid insects that prey upon pest insects.
See the Lake Hayward garden website.
