Garden
As Summer Season Turns to Fall – by Adam Haynes
Love Your Landscape - September 2017 Summer is winding down, but I think we would all agree there’s something special about the back-to-school season that’s filled with the promise of new beginnings. This time of [...]
Monarch Musings, One of Nature’s Climate Trackers
We know about the “Canary in the Coalmine,” but have you heard about “The Monarch in the Milkweed”? The next Southern Oregon Climate Action Now general meeting, marking our fifth Anniversary, will be held at [...]
Got Milkweed? How to Help Monarch Butterflies – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor - August 2017 Monarch butterflies have been on earth for roughly 175 million years, but it’s only since the 1990’s that their numbers have declined by 80%. In 25 short years, 560 [...]
‘Hosta’ La Vista, August Heat! – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - August 2017 “The first week of August hangs at the very top of the summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it [...]
Landscaping for the Long Term – by Adam Haynes
Love Your Landscape - August 2017 When it comes to your landscaping, long-term planning offers many rewards. Resale value, maintenance considerations and future landscape plans are a few reasons to plan ahead…now! When planning the [...]
Jacksonville Garden Club Receives Awards for Participation in Peter Britt Gardens Restoration
Susan Casaleggio, Judie Lyon, and Jo Ann Miller (left to right) proudly display two Jacksonville Garden Club awards recently received from the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs (OSFGC). The Claire Belsher Historic Preservation Award, [...]
The Last Bee, A Poem – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor - July 2017 She rested gently in his soft, young hand In awe, he stared, at a smallness so grand. What have we done? In earnest he pleaded. They forgot, she [...]
Get Inspired – by Adam Haynes
Love Your Landscape - July 2017 As the days have gotten longer and music flows off Britt Hill, I know summer is definitely upon us. Around here, the natural surroundings of our historic town cast [...]
Managing Mosquitoes and Protecting Pollinators Part II – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor - June 2017 Pollinator protection does not have to be relinquished in exchange for managing mosquitoes. The impact of mosquito spraying on pollinators is long-lasting. Studies show wild bee populations are even [...]
Oh, What a Difference a Daylily Makes – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - June 2017 And those whose blossoms curl obliquely back, Ribbed on the sides with a bright scarlet streak, Shalt of daylily the fair name receive, If one whose summer’s day the [...]