Deep Roots Landscape Design

A good explanation of the "soft landing" and why it's so important.

Soft Landings Add Life Under Native Trees You can help insects complete their life cycle.

This is a thoughtful and sensitive discussion by one of the pioneers of native design, brought to my attention by our friend Andy Marrs of Andrew Marrs Garden Design. The idea is that we should be intentional in our choices rather than ideological (a notion that applies in all arenas, IMHO), thereby choosing the best species for our wildlife support goals rather than what sounds like it should be best. Worth a quick listen!

High Performing Plants — Growing Greener Claudia West, co-author of "Planting in a Post-Wild World' and co-founder of Phyto Studio, describes how she selects plants for landscapes based on on place of origin but on their level of performance in the ecosystem

In gloomy times, stories like this should lift our spirits.

This alien plant is lethal for the environment. Now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests | CNN Invasive plant species cost the global economy billions of dollars. One of the worst cases may have finally met its match.