tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post9035907793442495869..comments2024-03-19T15:39:56.057-04:00Comments on Natural Gardening: Natural neighborhoods: re-knitting the fabric of lifeLisa Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08546271182217310594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post-4525948195983214622015-07-19T21:53:52.712-04:002015-07-19T21:53:52.712-04:00Julie, you're so right that this is a key issu...Julie, you're so right that this is a key issue in gardening today. <br /><br />Leading by example is huge (I always think about Garden Walk in Buffalo around encouraging people to plant!) <br /><br />They have over 350 gardens now participating in Garden Walk. Now, these are "conventional" gardens, to be sure, but hey, it's better than sterile lawns or Asian shrubs that just sit there.<br /><br />I'm thinking about median, corner, and container plantings filled with (native) pollinator-friendly plants at the moment. <br /><br />We'll see.<br /><br />Yay for setting an example!<br /><br />Lisa Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546271182217310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post-80243899646967611782015-07-19T18:53:29.384-04:002015-07-19T18:53:29.384-04:00Lisa, this is the key question in gardening today....Lisa, this is the key question in gardening today. (IMO) How do we get people to understand how sterile their yards are and why that is so very bad. I've decided that I had to be an example. So I am tearing out grass and putting in perennials and all sorts of natives. My neighbors have been very keen on watching the progress. I hope to put in a much larger area this fall. I think we just have to meet people at their current level and gently coax them along. My patch of flowering perennials, the only one in the neighborhood, is one of the best enticements that I have up my sleeve right now! ~JulieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13662156504353040994noreply@blogger.com