Birds are still relying on last year’s seeds to feed on while they prepare for nesting and raising new offspring.

Red Osier Dogwood brings vibrant red to the winter landscape, but it needs some help to do so.

Dead trees feed and house local wildlife and as they decompose they release nutrients into the soil that help the plants around them. Dead and dying trees are an integral part of a healthy ecosystem.

Birds and other wildlife need water and food in winter. You can help them survive by providing heated birdbaths and planting native plants that produce seeds and berries.

The Garden Club proudly donated towards the Battle of Pines Bridge Monument, located in Railroad Park on Underhill Ave.

The Garden Club of Yorktown proudly made a heartfelt gesture in November 2017 by graciously donating a magnificent Norway Spruce.

Garden Club Members met in Jack DeVito Park to clean up the trash.

There are some varieties of the native Aster that provide a magnificent carpet of blooms that rival Mums any day. Native Asters provide much needed food and cover to our local pollinators in ways that leave non-native Mums in the dust.

Autumn colors are not limited to tree canopies. There are many colorful displays in native perennial gardens. Feast your eyes on what nature has to offer with these native plant fall colors.

As fall nears, September shows that there are still garden treasures to behold. Many pollinators are continuing to take advantage of all there is to offer in a native garden. The Monarch caterpillar is getting ready for the next phase of life on it’s food-source, the Milkweed plant.

Do you want more birds to visit your yard? Perhaps you like seeing butterflies and would like to see more of those your world? Are you concerned with the decline of bee populations and how that will affect our food supply? The remedy for all these is…

The marker takes its name from the Blue Star in the service flag. It is a living memorial “to all those who have served in the Nations Armed Forces.”

When I talk with people who don’t know much about native gardening, they regularly bring up organic gardening as if the two are the same thing. Though, it is well-advised to use organic methods in your native garden…

Nodding Onion is one of the easiest and most versatile native perennials to grow. And it’s a marvel to see it at any stage of its growing cycle. In early spring, its grass-like tuft of leaves emerge giving a splash of green to a garden that is just waking up from its winter slumber.

Due to several dry and hot days this past summer, we find ourselves in a drought. Is it safe to water? How often? Which plants?