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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 13, Budget-Friendly Habitat and Conclusion
These budget-friendly habitat options make great additions to small yards, especially condos, townhomes, and apartments.
Andrew Hedman
Feb 2210 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 12, Build it and They Will Come
Including native plants into our landscape will provide the habitat they need to thrive, attracting them to our yards.
Andrew Hedman
Feb 155 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 11, A New Mindset for Providing Habitat
Stewardship requires providing habitat for our local wildlife. Do our traditional gardening methods provide enough?
Andrew Hedman
Feb 118 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 7 Purchasing Native Plants with Confidence
Purchasing native plants for your stewardship garden does not have to be as difficult as it seems. Enjoy these tips!
Andrew Hedman
Jan 1210 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 6 Choosing Native Plants for the Stewardship Garden
Choosing native plants for your garden doesn't have to be as difficult as it seems.
Andrew Hedman
Jan 48 min read
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Native Plants for the Christmas Spirit
Add these native plants to your yard to get into the Christmas spirit!
Andrew Hedman
Dec 23, 20243 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 5 How to Convert Your Yard and Design with Native Plants
Learn how to convert your yard and basic design with native plants so you can support wildlife populations in your own backyard!
Andrew Hedman
Dec 21, 20248 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 4 Community Involvement
Stewardship Gardening minimally impacts Backyard Conservation with one homeowner, get the community involved with non-profits and more!
Andrew Hedman
Dec 14, 20244 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 3 What Can We Do?
With wildlife numbers dwindling, what are our options as stewards for Backyard Conservation?
Andrew Hedman
Dec 7, 20244 min read
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Winter Interest in the Garden with Native Plants
Adding winter interest to the garden is easy with Native Plants! Find out the three different ways to add winter interest today!
Andrew Hedman
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 2 Why Should We Care?
Find out why you should care about Stewardship Gardening and Backyard Conservation even with all of our national parks and forests.
Andrew Hedman
Nov 23, 20245 min read
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Beginner's Guide to Stewardship Gardening: 1 Introduction with History
To first understand what a stewardship garden is or why we need one, let's look at gardens throughout history starting from a Biblical persp
Andrew Hedman
Nov 17, 20249 min read
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Our 5 Favorite Birds Before We Started Gardening for Wildlife
These are our 5 favorite common birds in Chicago we saw in our yard before we started gardening for wildlife.
Andrew Hedman
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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Low Stress and Low Maintenance Drought-Tolerant Gardening with Native Plants
Native plants are the best solution for low maintenance, low stress drought-tolerant gardening!
Andrew Hedman
Jun 26, 20233 min read
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