Where to buy beneficial nematodes / Japanese Beetles

Lacewings are delicate insects that produce alligator-like, hungry offspring that devour aphids and other garden pests

GARDENING GUIDES Attract Thynnid Wasps With Summer-Flowering Native Plants

These beneficial insects will hunt damaging beetle grubs in your lawn

GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING Bid Bad Garden Bugs Goodbye and Usher In the Good

By Matt Kilburn

Give ants their marching orders and send mosquitoes moseying, while creating a garden that draws pollinators and helpful eaters

GARDENING GUIDES Invite Mining Bees to Your Garden by Planting Their Favorite Plants

Look for mining bees (Andrena) pollinating woodland wildflowers in U.S. gardens this spring

FALL GARDENING 7 Reasons Not to Clean Up Your Fall Garden

Before you pluck and rake, consider wildlife, the health of your plants and your own right to relax

EARTH DAY How to Design a Garden for Native Bees

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By Debbie Ballentine

Create a garden that not only looks beautiful but also nurtures native bees — and helps other wildlife in the process

EARTH DAY Native Plants 101

Learn what they are, where they are and why we need them

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Polemonium Reptans Paints Woodlands Blue in Spring

Plant Jacob’s ladder in eastern U.S. woodland gardens for its bright blue flowers and delicate foliage

GARDENING GUIDES 6 Plants That Beat Butterfly Bush for the Wildlife Draw

It's invasive, a nonnative and a poor insect magnet. Check out these better alternatives to butterfly bush in the garden

GARDENING GUIDES Lessons in the Rewards of Selfless Gardening

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Let go of gardening for your own vision and watch the garden’s own true vision come forth