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Native Plants As Part Of The Ecosystem

I hardly meet with a client now who doesn’t ask about native plants, and it is exciting that people want to start planting some natives. However, plants are just part of the whole picture, the ecosystem, that is a space in which plants, animals, insects, and microorganisms interact with each other. Following is a series of linksContinue reading “Native Plants As Part Of The Ecosystem”

The Rugged Native Plants of Georgian Bay, Ontario

Every year that I come to this amazing and remote part of the northern Great Lakes, I am amazed by the diversity of plants and their resilience to survive harsh Winters and challenging conditions. We are on an island in the Georgian Bay, which is the northern part of Lake Huron in Canada. The picture aboveContinue reading “The Rugged Native Plants of Georgian Bay, Ontario”