Featured Design Resource:: Reptiles and Amphibians in your backyard
Readers may or may not realize that there are hundreds of design resources here on The Metropolitan Field Guide. On top of this website is a drop-down menu titled ‘Design Resources’ where you’ll find...
View ArticleForagings:: The latest news, resources, designs and more
News Access to wildlife should be a right, not a privilege:: An interesting article from the Guardian which discusses “that every child and young person has the right to grow up and live in a...
View ArticleBook Review:: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Plants of the Pacific Northest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska features nearly 800 plants common to the coast of the Pacific Northwest and is one of my most often referenced...
View Article5 Wildlife Gardening Resources for the Pacific Northwest
This was originally was published on Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens. Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest It seems that any time I talk with somebody about landscaping for wildlife...
View ArticleBook Review:: Principles of Ecological Landscape Design
What if, instead of depicting nature, we allowed nature in? What if, instead of building and maintaining artistic creations, we worked to develop and manage living systems? Principles of Ecological...
View ArticleTravis Beck Interview
Travis Beck is author the newly published Principles of Ecological Landscape Design, which I recently reviewed. He kindly agreed to an interview so I could ask him some questions about his book, what...
View ArticleBook Review:: Ecosystem Services Come to Town
The most important objective in the management of the environment must the the maintenance of biodiversity and the habitats that support it, because without this we cannot survive. When a book has a...
View ArticleBook Review:: Ladybirds
The newly released 2nd edition of Ladybirds is number 10 in Pelagic Publishing’s Naturalist’s Handbook series. If this series sounds familiar it’s because I reviewed the Bumblebees book here and found...
View ArticleBook Review:: Gardening for the Birds
Whenever I see another book about landscaping or gardening for the birds come out, I’m usually dubious. My shelves are full of generic guides on how to attract birds and unsurprisingly, they’re much...
View ArticleHedgerows From Romans to Habitat
This is a revised and updated post which was originally published on June 2, 2010. History Although not as significant in the US as in the UK, hedgerows nonetheless offer a valuable design...
View ArticleBook Review:: Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden
As one who spends a fair amount of time crawling around my yard in search of interesting insects, I was, needless to say, excited to see a new book from Timber Press with the title Attracting...
View ArticleBook Review:: Real Gardens Grow Natives
We’re lucky to live in a region with bountiful books on creating wildlife habitat and Pacific Northwest gardeners now have one more choice to add to their bookshelves. Real Gardens Grow Natives:...
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