JL Johnson 
If something is not eating your plants, your garden isn’t part of the ecosystem.
It's awesome to see native gardening pick up. Stuff like Homegrown National Park, Shrink the Lawn, Less Lawn More Life etc.
If you have boring turf grass and want to be part of the solution, check out this free webinar hosted by Missouri Department of Conservation Monday Nov 3 at 5 PM (central)
https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/212741
#GrowNative #PlantNative #ShrinkTheLawn #PollinatorGarden #HomegrownNationalPark #Missouri #KC
HedgeFaerie
B's wild, wild world 🌱🐛🎼Just got word, city approved the Scout's Park Rehabilitation plans with my native pollinator garden design inputs. Such a great project! I've already set aside plants! Time to contact all my garden friends with the list of plants needed!
Edit* forgot to say, we're still waiting on the mayor's stamp
excited for the mastodon rise@floatybirb #GrowNative #KillYourLawn!
Happy to help point you to resouces!
Including the stories of how people beat HOAs.
(In Maryland, you can't use an. HOA to prevent native gardening... think there's others too!)
Oh, YAY! My first #PublicMedia #DrivewayMoment in a long time.
Our local NPR affiliate’s stories about lawns, and the growing movement to reduce, or even eliminate them.
https://www.kcur.org/news/2024-05-20/lawns-turfgrass-environmental-impacts
#ShrinkTheLawn #PlantNative #GrowNative #HomegrownNationalPark #gardening #zone6b
Grass lawns are a landscape staple, but an environmental reckoning may change that
The first English word for “lawn” dates back to the early 1500s, described as an “open space among trees.” Lawns today are a far cry from that description, but they’ve come to dominate our physical — and cultural — landscapes. Now concerns over environmental impacts are propelling yet another redefinition.
David Plisken 🏳️⚧️ BLM! 🇵🇸False indigo, Baptisia australis. One of my favorite native bushes.
#Bloomscrolling
#Flowers
#GrowNative
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Just your seasonal message to remind you that plant sweat cools you off in the summer, so plant those plants. Trees are best, because you get shade and sweat, but plant anything native to your region. Not only do you get all the glorious benefits of sweat, shade, and fresh air, but you don't even have to work hard to keep them alive!
So, just a #naturalist thought… If we want people to #PlantNative, perhaps we should drop the word weed from some of our best native plants. Joe Pye Weed, Swamp Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed, I could go on and on… The muggles aren’t keen on planting weed.
Well… I guess some are keen on one weed, but that’s a whole different plant, and topic. 🙄
I knew monarch butterflies were in trouble, but didn’t think it had gotten THIS BAD. 🤯😭 Thankfully the population has seen modest gains against that 2013-2014 low. Still a far cry from 1990s and earlier. Please, if you can, plant some #ButterflyMilkweed on your property.
First image: Excerpt from Nature’s Best Hope, see alt text.
Second: A population graph from #MonarchWatch
#MonarchButterfly #NaturesBestHope #plantnative #grownative #conservstion #naturalist #homegrownnationalpark
