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Continue reading →: Eating Your Milkweed PodsPlant Asclepias syriaca in your garden, and feed not only monarch cats, but also yourself!
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Continue reading →: Ashford Pollinator Pathway News, June 2025Making mistakes is a natural part of native plant gardening, also called Ecological Gardening, because it’s a relatively new gardening practice. Traditional gardening practices involved large lawns (an ecological dead-zone) & stripping out native plants to make way for exotic foreign & cultivated varieties.
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Continue reading →: Ashford PP presented the “Dos and Don’ts of Native Plant Gardening” at the Willington LibraryApril 19, 2025 – We had a great turnout! Jennifer Sterling-Folker, the chair of our Ashford PP steering committee, delivered an entertaining and informative presentation, as always. The question and answer session after the presentation was interactive and thought-provoking as well. And when there wasn’t an easy answer to a…
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Continue reading →: Ashford Pollinator Pathway News, May 2025Happy Spring Ashford! One question frequently asked about Pollinator Pathway (PP) is why a “Pathway”? Most people understand supporting pollinators with native plants in our own backyards is important, but how does this constitute a pathway & for whom/what?
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Continue reading →: Let sleeping bugs lieThis time of year will test a gardener’s patience. Each day grows longer and brighter. The crocus and daffodils are out, trees are starting to flower and some days are just so warm that we excitedly proclaim, “spring is finally here!” And then you have a day like today, when…
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