Coyote brush bud gall midge gall, brown and lumpy appearance

Interesting development on my Coyote Brush. The Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge has moved in! This is a harmless fly that lives in unison with the plant.
#CaliforniaNativeGarden #californianativeplants #habitatgarden

Before-After photos of my #HabitatGarden near #Brisbane, 15 months apart. Who thinks we should abandon lawns and make habitat gardens instead?

#HabitatGarden update: it’s thriving!

I understand. Keep asking around. Someone will know someone. Or worst case, maybe you'll get others thinking about native plants and start a movement! It's happening almost everywhere, in pockets #nativegardening #grownative #polinatorgarden #habitatgarden #permaculture #foodforest #northwesttn

#HabitatGarden plant highlight: Wahlenbergia tumidifructa. An unassuming, perennial herb that bunches in thickets reminiscent of grass, up to 600mm. It’s native to much of Australia and serves as great erosion control at the bottom edge of my small suburban block south of #Brisbane. #WildOz

Good morning, all, from my #HabitatGarden near #Brisbane

Text reads (in part): What are those leaf bags about? Part 1: show me the money. Anyone walking by our home can see a stacked row of kraft yard waste bags against the north side. Recently, an entrepreneurial fellow stopped by to ask if we would like to pay him to haul them away. Maybe now is a good time to start to explain. I am a master composter. I studied plant ecology and soil microbiology, and I've been composting for close to 35 years (the astute know that I've been married for "only" 27 years). The leave are part of that. As a hobby (if you want to call it that), composting helps me relax and unwind. But it goes far deeper. Let's talk about the dollars and cents first. Neighbors also notice that we don't put out a trash container. Ever. We use Western's prepaid bag program: 10 bags for $87.67 ($8.77/bag). We put one out about every quarter, so we pay about $35 a year for our refuse service. With this comes as much recycling and organics pickup as we can use. In comparison, their smallest trash service, 32 gallons/week, is $114.15/ quarter, or $456.60/year; 64 gallons/week is $668.40/year; and 96 gallons/week is $880.20/year. (Don't get me started about how you should have to pay MORE per gallon the more you throw rather than less.) That's all well and good, but considering that curbside organics collection (compost) is included in our $35/year, why don't we just max out our container with woody debris, weeds, food scraps, and so on? I am also a master gardener and native plant master (if you live in the neighborhood, you know I took several years off getting my severe yellow jacket allergy under control). I care for established trees and shrubs and am establishing new habitat for insects and birds, which uses a fair amount of compost and mulch. Western offers CMI Silver compost for self-haulers at $36.75/cubic yard and mulch at $7/cubic yard, which aren't bad prices and don't come wrapped in plastic. However, I'm not impressed with the compost analytics (tha…

This is a few years old, but a good explanation. First in a series, it goes on my pollinator post in my front yard by the curb. #LeaveTheLeaves #HabitatGarden #Compost #LeafMold

I am coming up on a year of tracking the #birds my yard impacts. I am at 102 species. I watch and listen most mornings. This habit of a year has given me so much… I feel grounded, I feel peaceful, and I feel a clear impact from my #habitatgarden.

🌿Good morning, native plant lovers!

I have a new video to share. Explore this resource to discover why planting native plants is essential 🐞🦋🐝

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#TheNativeGuild #Pollinators #GrowNatives #MeetTheWildlife #HabitatGarden #NativePlants

One of the beneficial side effects of digging a berm to create a wetland is that we have oodles of frogs! This past week I spied this tiny jewel on a Mistflower leaf:
I’ve seen 2.5 inch green tree frogs like this, but this is def a young’un at 1/2 inch long.

#Habitatgarden #raingarden #nature

Monarch butterfly enjoying some narrowleaf milkweed

🌸Why Year-Round Blooms Matter

A garden in constant bloom isn’t just pretty — it’s life support🐝

Overlapping bloom times keep pollinators, hummingbirds, and other wildlife fed through every season🦋🐞

Think of it as a living buffet that never closes🌼✨
#NativePlants #PollinatorGarden #HabitatGarden

And… as I was adding a little water to my micro pond, I noticed a big ol’ Woodhouse’s toad hopping away toward the brush pile. This is exactly who I had hoped to attract. I hope you have a family, dear toad! I set up the pond last fall. It holds 35 gallons…. #habitatgarden #nativeplants

🌿 Hey Bluesky! I just wrapped up a new video all about planning your native garden.

If you’re dreaming of going native but don’t know where to start, this one’s for you.

Give it a watch and let your habitat journey begin! 🐝🌼

#NativePlants #GardenPlanning #GoNative #HabitatGarden #TheNativeGuild

Ceanothus 'Yankee Point' ground cover

Manzanita groundcover

Benefits of groundcover vs lawn🌱

Native groundcovers don’t just look good — they work hard:

✅ Suppress weeds
✅ Hold moisture
✅ Boost soil health
✅ Shelter ground-dwelling wildlife
✅ Tie your garden together beautifully

Plant low, grow wild
#NativePlants #Groundcover #HabitatGarden #TheNativeGuild

Many isopods (pill bugs, sow bugs, rolypolies) in a dead log. And a spider.

This is why I edge my #nativeplant beds with dead wood. There’s a whole lotta life left in these logs. #habitatgarden

The Big Idea💡

A native garden doesn't have to be wild and messy to be meaningful.🌾

It can be structured, stunning - even elegant - and support birds, bees, and butterflies.🐦🐝🦋

Beauty and biodiversity can grow together. ✨️

#thenativeguild #habitatgarden #nativeplants #gardendesign

Hand-drawn image of Coffeeberry

☕️ It’s not coffee, but it might be California’s most generous plant.

Coffeeberry feeds pollinators with tiny flowers in spring — and birds with berries all summer long.

Dense, evergreen, and tough, it’s a shelter, snack bar, and shrub in one.

#Coffeeberry #GrowWild #TheNativeGuild #HabitatGarden

Be a gardener they said, it's calming they said. An 8.5-ounce gall from an oak tree almost took me out, the crows and hawks are having dog fights, and the ladybugs, thank god, are feasting on aphids.
#gardening #californianatives #habitatgarden

How can we help conserve pollinators? Planting native plants and not using pesticides is the biggest help.
Setting aside habitat space that little creatures can use to raise their young is also very important.

#homegrownnationalpark #habitatgarden #pollinators #bees #butterflies #nativeplants

A picture of what I believe is plains coreopsis. The petals are yellow with a black center. They float on delicate green stems.

Mealy blue sage. A green plant with stalks of blue flowers. Behind red yucca stalks. Bright red spikes rising with red flowers.

I took some photos of the spring garden. The bluebonnets are fading, but the mist flowers haven't bloomed yet. We've gotten some rain. More in the link.

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There’s nothing more fun than taking a property from the design to the installation phase. It’s the best part of our job 🌱

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The ethereal loveliness of a June evening in our Sweetbay Magnolia Garden. Western Pennsylvania, Indiana County. 💚🌞🐝

#nativeplants #habitatgarden #nativebees

Encountering sleeping bees in our habitat garden is one of the sweetest experiences ever. I shot this footage back in September 2024. 🥹🐝 #bees #bumblebees #habitatgarden #nativeplants #pollinators

Gardening with Native Plants Tips -- Winter Watering in Columbia Basin Gardens. #Gardeningwithnativeplants #washingtonflora #habitatgarden #wintergarden

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Bunny before the birds show. #Mammals #HabitatGarden

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Planting in nature park

Waited for rain but it didn’t come, so we watered heavily & started planting. 🌱 #nativeplants #californianativeplants #habitatgarden

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