Comments on: Podcast on Natives with Doug Tallamy http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/ Helping you take joy in creating and maintaining the garden of your dreams... in the Pacific Northwest Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Three Books for California Native Gardeners http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-9027 Three Books for California Native Gardeners Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:04:59 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-9027 [...] in my designs. But once I realized that native plants play a role in sustaining local wildlife that no other types of plant can fill – well, I can tell you that I began rushing to learn more about the beautiful native plants [...] [...] in my designs. But once I realized that native plants play a role in sustaining local wildlife that no other types of plant can fill – well, I can tell you that I began rushing to learn more about the beautiful native plants [...]

]]> By: Plant Natives in the Side Yard http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-8015 Plant Natives in the Side Yard Fri, 27 May 2011 05:11:15 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-8015 [...] garden, many people still have trouble finding room for them. Even when people understand the specific wildlife benefits that only native plants can bring, and want to use them in the garden, it can be hard to change a [...] [...] garden, many people still have trouble finding room for them. Even when people understand the specific wildlife benefits that only native plants can bring, and want to use them in the garden, it can be hard to change a [...]

]]> By: Bonnie Deahl http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-4631 Bonnie Deahl Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:59:27 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-4631 Doug Tallamy is delivering a message that has been long in the making. He is an entomo logist by education so has a focus on the bugs in our landscapes. I was fortunate to hear him speak at a Pesticide recertification in Maryland about 2 years ago. The food chain is something for us to think about. If we do not have the plants to support the insects who lay eggs in order to feed on....then there are less insects for higher organisms to feed upon like many of our native bird species. His message was told using the diminishing native bird species...and he made the direct correlation to the available plants in our ecosystem. Way to go Doug! You have many followers... Doug Tallamy is delivering a message that has been long in the making. He is an entomo logist by education so has a focus on the bugs in our landscapes. I was fortunate to hear him speak at a Pesticide recertification in Maryland about 2 years ago. The food chain is something for us to think about. If we do not have the plants to support the insects who lay eggs in order to feed on….then there are less insects for higher organisms to feed upon like many of our native bird species. His message was told using the diminishing native bird species…and he made the direct correlation to the available plants in our ecosystem.
Way to go Doug! You have many followers…

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-2045 Genevieve Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:15:54 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-2045 Wow, Carole, to think you had such fine folks to bounce ideas off of when doing your thesis! Neat! I love your blog by the way and am so happy to have found it. Town Mouse, you rock - thanks for the book rec's and the Urban Bee link. I'm glad the Urban Bee folk are being so inclusive! It makes me happy that as I embrace our natives I needn't kick my other faves to the curb. Monica, I so agree... Debbie, yes, "garden as if life depended on it" - wow. That rocks! Christine - that's what I'm afraid of!! Wow, Carole, to think you had such fine folks to bounce ideas off of when doing your thesis! Neat! I love your blog by the way and am so happy to have found it.

Town Mouse, you rock – thanks for the book rec’s and the Urban Bee link. I’m glad the Urban Bee folk are being so inclusive! It makes me happy that as I embrace our natives I needn’t kick my other faves to the curb.

Monica, I so agree…

Debbie, yes, “garden as if life depended on it” – wow. That rocks!

Christine – that’s what I’m afraid of!!

]]> By: Christine http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-2044 Christine Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:05:28 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-2044 Be careful with this native business. It's highly addicting. I still haven't recovered! Be careful with this native business. It’s highly addicting. I still haven’t recovered!

]]> By: Debbie http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-2030 Debbie Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:33:33 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-2030 Gen, I listened to all of the podcasts several weeks ago and they were very interesting. I also saw Doug Tallamy speak in October and he was so inspirational. I brought along my dog-eared copy of Bringing Nature Home and he signed it. His tagline is 'Garden as if life depended on it'. Puts it all into perspective doesn't it? .-= Debbie´s last blog ..<a href="http://gardenofpossibilities.com/2010/02/17/wintery-wordless-wednesday-2/" rel="nofollow">Wintery Wordless Wednesday</a> =-. Gen,

I listened to all of the podcasts several weeks ago and they were very interesting. I also saw Doug Tallamy speak in October and he was so inspirational. I brought along my dog-eared copy of Bringing Nature Home and he signed it. His tagline is ‘Garden as if life depended on it’. Puts it all into perspective doesn’t it?
.-= Debbie´s last blog ..Wintery Wordless Wednesday =-.

]]> By: Monica the Garden Faerie http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-2028 Monica the Garden Faerie Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:25:04 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-2028 I have both natives and non, all growing happily together. Unless something is really invasive, you don't have to get rid of it just because it's not native! .-= Monica the Garden Faerie´s last blog ..<a href="http://gardenfaerie.blogspot.com/2010/02/willy-nilly-wednesday.html" rel="nofollow">Willy-Nilly Wednesday</a> =-. I have both natives and non, all growing happily together. Unless something is really invasive, you don’t have to get rid of it just because it’s not native!
.-= Monica the Garden Faerie´s last blog ..Willy-Nilly Wednesday =-.

]]> By: Town Mouse http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-2027 Town Mouse Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-2027 Oh, that podcast sounds great! Thanks for the link (and for the link to our blog, of course). I usually suggest people start by reading some books about natives. We've reviewed quite a few of them between the two of us Mice. http://tmousecmouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20review. The Berkeley Urban Bee Project has lots of good info, and they've done the studies to figure out which plants work here. http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/research_history.html And of course it would be wonderful if you could see one of the Native Garden tours this spring. There's the Going Native Garden Tour (www.gngt.org) and the East Bay tour (http://bringingbackthenatives.net/) and a few others. And no one would expect that you give up your non-native plants, I would hope. The Berkely Bee folks actually said having some exotics gives you the best coverage (some pollen, some nectar year round). Oh, that podcast sounds great! Thanks for the link (and for the link to our blog, of course).

I usually suggest people start by reading some books about natives. We’ve reviewed quite a few of them between the two of us Mice. http://tmousecmouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20review.

The Berkeley Urban Bee Project has lots of good info, and they’ve done the studies to figure out which plants work here. http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/research_history.html

And of course it would be wonderful if you could see one of the Native Garden tours this spring. There’s the Going Native Garden Tour (www.gngt.org) and the East Bay tour (http://bringingbackthenatives.net/) and a few others.

And no one would expect that you give up your non-native plants, I would hope. The Berkely Bee folks actually said having some exotics gives you the best coverage (some pollen, some nectar year round).

]]> By: Carole http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2010/02/native-plants-doug-tallamy/#comment-2025 Carole Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:36:26 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=2298#comment-2025 Doug Tallamy is one of my heroes at Ecosystem Gardening and I refer to his work on a regular basis. In fact he served on my thesis committee when I wrote "Conservation Gardening and Sustainable Landscaping." I love that you can apply his ideas, as you suggest, by simply adding more natives to your landscape. When there's a hole to be filled in your garden, try to think of adding a native to that spot. The future health of wildlife is dependent on this. Thank you so much for spreading this important information. Doug Tallamy is one of my heroes at Ecosystem Gardening and I refer to his work on a regular basis. In fact he served on my thesis committee when I wrote “Conservation Gardening and Sustainable Landscaping.”

I love that you can apply his ideas, as you suggest, by simply adding more natives to your landscape. When there’s a hole to be filled in your garden, try to think of adding a native to that spot. The future health of wildlife is dependent on this.

Thank you so much for spreading this important information.

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