Native Plants

Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park

Restoring biodiversity: One woman’s journey

Growing up in a small Midwestern town, Marcia Carsten took for granted the sights and sounds of the . . .

Befriend nature: Choose native plants

Want to support rapidly declining wildlife populations (including pollinators), conserve vanishing biodiversity and promote garden resilience? Use native . . .

The gifts of rewilding

By Joan Long, Summit Metro Parks Volunteer Five years ago, a dream came true when I purchased a . . .

Good and bad bugs of the garden

Learn how to ID “bad” bugs you might find in your garden, along with how to promote “good” bug populations so they can eat the ones causing most of the damage.

Buckeyes in Ohio

The Ohio buckeye became our state tree in 1953. Like the state itself, the tree has interesting parts all around.