If you’ve ever driven up along the coast and seen how the foliage changes ever so slightly from one town to the next, you may wonder if there are native plants that are common to the diverse landscapes of the west, stitching the land bordering the Pacific together. And yet there are several native species...Read More

If you’re ever out gardening and you come across a caterpillar, you may think, what a pest! But that very caterpillar, among the various other forms of critters in your yard are vital to the local ecosystem and depend heavily on your yard’s available native plants. A little nibble here and there on your plants...Read More