Native Herbs

Cherokee Herbal: Native Plant Medicine from the Four Directions

The American cranberry attracts birds, while the milkweeds are good for monarch butterflies. Both will be among more than 35 varieties of native plants at a sale at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. The event promotes native plants and raises money for “Leaves of three, let it be” is an adage familiar to many of us. It is very good advice when walking in the woods, weeding flower beds, or venturing out in the untrimmed portion of the yard. The second part of that rhyme, “Berries white, run in Adkins first planted the seed in Pax. “In 2000, I took the very first docent training program at Adkins, and that is when I fell in love with native plants,” she said. “This career got born here, but then I took it further.” Launched in April It is important not to confuse invasive honeysuckle with other native honeysuckles found in our area. Additionally, as is with the case with many invasive plants, bush honeysuckle goes by many other common names. Unfortunately, some perfectly harmless “Native plants are a much better choice for birds and insects that use the area for food and nesting. That supports the natural ecosystem in developed areas better,” said Cindy Harn, Forest Preserve director of public affairs and education. There are a COBOURG -- A special event to learn about water conservation and native plants is on Saturday. The free morning event will be at the Town of Cobourg water conservation garden at the corner of Ewart and Division streets in Cobourg on May 31 from 9 to 11:30 .

"Even the colors are suited to the light in our area." A native plant is a species that originates or occurs naturally in a particular region. Since humankind has always moved plants, for purposes of a definition, native plants are listed as species that Tomaquag Museum, 390 Summit Road, will celebrate a Native American Strawberry Thanksgiving on Saturday Dove will lead ceremony with a smudge of smoldering wild herbs, pray in the Narragansett language, and end in song with everyone participating The Kangaroo Island Native Plant Nursery is open for business, so call in and look over the extensive range of KI native plants available for your garden. You can design a windbreak, remediate a salty patch or improve a degraded area of native vegetation .