Daune Peckham Landscape Design

11/09/2023

https://www.gardenista.com/posts/landscape-design-visit-terremoto-sea-ranch-lodge/

“The wildness is what makes Sea Ranch so wonderful,” says Story Wiggins, of Terremoto. “Our goal was to embed the buildings further into...this landscape.”

07/05/2023

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/honey-bees-native-bees-flower-offspring?fbclid=IwAR1eYo47bCqV1kdXAWahdGQiV5eW5a7_l1MJYbaBN9hPg0wQ7jTyzp-sbB8_aem_AdMqibcP_hmwCix_otR4phAUa3rzWf07H6Pv2aziul_zD-57hDtDhg0eNQo6TW-Vshw&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

E360 Digest July 5, 2023 Native Bees Yield Hardier Flowers Than Honey Bees, Research Finds A California carpenter bee alights on a Cleveland sage. Dillon Travis Flowers pollinated by native bees produce fitter offspring than flowers pollinated by honey bees, according to a new study carried out in S...

12/19/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/climate/native-plants-lawns-homeowners.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

After their homeowner association ordered them to replace their wildlife-friendly plants with turf grass, a Maryland couple sued. They ended up changing state law.

12/17/2022

https://t.co/OEa9FVH2o2

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon

07/31/2022

A project of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and study of wild butterflies in their native habitats.

07/23/2022

Please take the time to read this.

My concern is folks will rush to plant milkweed and, like so many other of their garden plants, maroon them in a sea of wood mulch with plants spaced far apart. Milkweed, like most plants, did not evolve to grow by itself. Monarchs and milkweed need a pla

04/02/2022

Spring peepers by the sea! Volume up!

02/08/2022

TNC supports a statewide ban on nips. H7064 would prohibit the sale of alcohol in containers 100 ml or smaller. One volunteer picked up almost 200 little bottles walking the beach in Little Compton last year. For more info: https://www.ecori.org/government/2022/2/2/rhode-islands-efforts-to-curb-plastic-pollution-are-mostly-talk

01/11/2022

https://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/the-10-best-seed-companies-for-heirloom-seeds

Each of these seed companies have taken the Safe Seed Pledge against GMOs, and provide heirloom and open-pollinated seeds for your garden.