Member Garden: Deb and Ray Rees
Deb and Ray Rees are beginning to see the fruits of their labor in their third year of restoring a small floodplain woodland in Elgin, Illinois. Continue reading "Member Garden: Deb and Ray Rees"
Member Garden: Donna Baker-Breningstall
Lawn. Lots and lots of lawn. But that lawn provided Donna Baker-Breningstall “a blank slate” to create the landscape she envisioned after she and her husband purchased a new home. Continue reading "Member Garden: Donna Baker-Breningstall"
Member Garden: Dan Carter
Dan Carter’s passion for native plants and natural communities like prairies started in high school. But it has continued to grow and spread, just like the hundreds and hundreds of native plants in his yard. Continue reading "Member Garden: Dan Carter"
Member Garden: Gail Eichelberger
For Gail Eichelberger, it’s not about making mistakes. It’s about learning from those mistakes. Continue reading "Member Garden: Gail Eichelberger"
Member Garden: Sarah Mann
In 2006, Sarah Mann had just moved back to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and was taking daily walks with her newborn daughter to reacquaint herself with the community and to get some needed exercise. The turnaround spot of one of her regular walks was at Big Bay Park in Whitefish Bay. Continue reading "Member Garden: Sarah Mann"
Member Garden: Nora and Bob Bernhardt
Nora Bernhardt says she is a citizen scientist at heart. For years, she has taken photos and journaled her observations about native plants, including bloom times and weather patterns. Continue reading "Member Garden: Nora and Bob Bernhardt"
Member Garden: Katharin Mason-Wolf
Slow and steady. Just like the tortoise that won the race with the hare in the children’s story, Katharin Mason-Wolf knows that slow and steady is often the best way to add native landscaping to your yard or gardens. Continue reading "Member Garden: Katharin Mason-Wolf"
Member Garden: Melinda Chamberlain Dietrich
Melinda Chamberlain Dietrich says she started planting native plants for a simple reason: They were pretty. Continue reading "Member Garden: Melinda Chamberlain Dietrich"
Member Garden: Theo Witsell
There are native plant enthusiasts and then there is Theo Witsell, who undoubtedly is one of the few who can sight identify nearly 600 species on Arkansas’ rare native plants list. Continue reading "Member Garden: Theo Witsell"
Member Garden: Sue Leahy
Sue Leahy admits she knew nothing about native plants, and says she wasn’t even much of a gardener in 2007. Continue reading "Member Garden: Sue Leahy"