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Botanic Gardens and Human Survival?

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Duncan and I recently attended the New England Wild Flower Society’s gala Founder’s Dinner, honoring Dr. Paul Smith, Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International.

Dr. Paul Smith

Dr. Smith was awarded their 2015 Founder’s Medal for his exceptional achievements as Head of the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His compelling talk was about plant diversity and human survival. Dr. Smith highlighted the role botanical gardens play internationally in preserving seed for the future.

NEWFS logo 2015

The Brine Garden in Forbes — 10 Hidden Gardens Of The Rich Open To You

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Forbes has the Brine Garden listed as one of 10 “Gardens of the Rich”… Who’s been doing their research?

Okay, plant rich, we are.

Brine Garden berries and gate

© Steve Gross and Susan Daley

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mjh45jfmi/the-garden-of-duncan-julie-brine/

“The Brines invite you to walk through their six-acre garden and arboretum in Pawling, N.Y. on Oct. 12.

Get tips on deer-resistant plantings from Duncan, an instructor at New York Botanical Garden and the New England Wildflower Society.”

Anne Raver on Native Flora at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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In the Garden

Native Flora Garden Opens at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

By ANNE RAVER
Published: June 12, 2013

It’s hard to imagine a wild Long Island with 40,000 acres of grasslands waving in Hempstead Plains, now covered with houses. Or thousands of wild orchids blooming in the bogs that were paved over to build Kennedy Airport. Or carpets of pyxie moss flourishing in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

But you can experience these primeval native plant communities on one little acre at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which opened its expansion of the century-old Native Flora Garden on Wednesday…

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Natural-Landscaping: Lorrie Otto, founder of Wild Ones

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  • Local News | Bellingham woman is a warrior against pesticides, an advocate for nature | Seattle Times Newspaper


    • To Lorrie Otto, the manicured expanse of green surrounding most homes is the root of environmental evil she’s spent decades trying to stamp out.

       

    • She founded Wild Ones, a natural-landscaping advocacy group in Wisconsin, of which she’s still a board member. And she continues to be an advocate for natural landscaping and protecting the Earth.

       

    • When Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” came out in 1962, documenting the damage chemical pesticides did to birds’ eggs and criticizing government officials for unquestioningly accepting chemical-company propaganda, Otto’s campaign against DDT got a boost.

       

    • “When my husband came home with a New Yorker under his arm and said they were serializing ‘Silent Spring,’ I remember dancing around the house thinking: Now everyone will know about DDT,” Otto said.

       

    • “I was just one person,” she says. “Yet, I was the catalyst.”

       

 

Tallamy’s Call for Native Plant Landscaping Echoes in the UK

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  • Good for birds, good for gardens: the lessons of a freezing winter – Times Online


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    • It all goes to underline a point that has become increasingly true in recent years: the suburbs are now nationally significant for wildlife

       

    • you’ll find much more biodiversity in your garden.

       

    • Gardens matter. They can be regarded as the largest nature reserve in the country.

       

    • Every suburban gardener has an opportunity to make a difference.