How to Plan a Pollinator Garden for Next Year The best pollinator gardens begin with thoughtful planning, an understanding of your landscape, and a little patience. There is something wonderfully hopeful about planning a garden for a season that hasn’t arrived yet. Even as Michigan’s growing season winds down, we can imagine what might be
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How to Let Your Native Garden Fill in Naturally A newly planted native garden often asks something difficult of us. Patience. We plant young perennials, grasses, and shrubs with an image in our minds of the mature garden they will someday become. But in the beginning, there may be a lot of visible soil. Plants
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The Best Michigan Native Vines for Pollinators When we think about adding more native plants to a garden, we usually look down. Where is there room for another coneflower? Could we tuck in another grass? Is there space for one more shrub? But sometimes the most useful growing space in the garden is not beside
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How To Create Small Water Features for Wildlife Water has a way of changing a garden. Add even a small amount, and suddenly there is movement, reflection, sound, and often, new visitors. Birds arrive to drink and bathe. Butterflies may stop at damp edges. Bees and other insects need water too, particularly during the hottest
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What Happens in Your Garden When the Sun Goes Down The Garden Doesn’t Go to Sleep As the sun begins to sink below the trees, many gardeners head inside. The watering can is put away. The tools are returned to the garage. One last glance at the flower beds, and the day feels complete. But
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