Coneflowers are one of those native flowers that is beautiful, long-blooming, attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds, and offers medicinal benefit to us. What else can you ask for in a flower...
by Leisa-Marie Grgula This is the recipe for the sugar body scrub I made on AZTV’s Morning Scramble on May 8, 2012. This recipe is easy, and very inexpensive. This scrub is made fromwhole foods, the...
by Mary Pellerito As I was searching for how native plants got their names, I came across the story of Black-eyed Susan and Sweet William as told in an old English poem by John Gay (1685-1732). Here...
by Mary Pellerito Part of the beauty of native plants is the role they play in the wider environment. Native plants just aren’t pretty to look at. They provide food and shelter for creatures...
By The Peaceful Plate Henry, our adopted dog, will eat anything. I’ve caught him with chunks of lint he’s thieved from the laundry room trash. Rocks and mulch from the back yard are...