Wild Yard Stories

The Lawn Became A Garden, The Garden Started A Revolution

What do you get when you cross a couple of talented artists with a useless lawn? You get a revolution....

The Public Garden of Matthew Carnahan

“my hope is the idea of community…and people become a little more awake to one another…”

An Interview with Barbara Eisenstein by David Newsom.png — An Interview with Barbara Eisenstein

“I AM A GARDENER WHO LOVES CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS AND WANTS TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE SO THAT I WILL SEE THEM USED MORE IN OTHER URBAN GARDENS.”

Demo Garden Wildlife Habitat at Good Host Plants in Philadelphia PA by John Janick.png — A Good Host in Pennsylvania

“My yard, the woods outside my front door, and the region’s many natural areas and nature preserves are my classrooms.” -John Janick

Kim Radocia - A Meadow Grows in West Gloucester.png — A Meadow Grows in West Gloucester

kim radocia plants natives in massachusetts - A story of learning through doing, perseverance, and the amazing rewards that follow.

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Indigenous Plant Diversity Amplifies Biodiversity
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#wildyardsproject #plantnativeplants #createhabitat #pollinatorgarden #beehabitat #birdhabitat #yourpropertyishabitat

“WHAT ARE DIGGER BEES AND HOW TO GET RID OF THEM?”....and other idiocies from the gardening nightmare that is #homedepot
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Choked with misinformation and all the pearl-clutching insanity of #ReeferMadness, this forum is just one of many m

Eriogonum rubescens, Native Digger bees and the Great Undoing
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It would be hard to find a perennial plant that offers more than buckwheats. This stunning coastal variety is enveloped in a macro-blizzard of bee activity. Feral honeybees, local digger

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Red Buckwheat (Eriogonum rubescens)
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In the world of Cali natives, this garnet gem is a hands down favorite of mine. Though not hyper local, this coastal buckwheat still calls in a greater variety of bees, flies and butterflies than any of my other

New Retaining Wall Growing In
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I don’t know. I don’t know if anything I do makes any difference, rights any wrongs, or resets the journey in even the smallest way toward a better world. I do know this, however: my son has attempted to

Recent events have put maintenance of the Eagle Rock Presbyterian Church on the back burner, but Mother Nature has carried on. Yes, the site looks a bit ragged, perhaps too wild for the neighbors, and the invasive grasses have kept apace w the native

“13th” on Netflix
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If you haven’t already seen it, now is the time. A powerful indictment of US policies for White Supremacy, spanning 400 years. A commanding piece of journalism by @ava , impossible to ignore.
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#13 #whiteprivileg

Happy Birthday, Breonna. Thank you, @arielsinhaha . Black Lives Matter. Dismantle White Privilege. #breonnataylor

When my in-laws over in Boston were quarantined before they could get their edible beds planted, @nteezi picked up the phone at #urbanfarminstitute- #blackowned and run- and put together several boxes of starter veggies to get their beds going. This