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    • About Me
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(828) 545-6826

Patchwork Meadows
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Meadow Installations
    • Pricing & Services
    • Additional Services
  • Pollinator Plants
    • Our Growing Operation
    • Plant Lists
    • Plant information
  • Pollinator education
  • Links & Resources
  • My Blog
  • Projects in progress
  • Work Opportunities
  • Photo & Video Gallery
  • Pollinator Art
  • Contact Us

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The Laurel of Asheville- No Mow Spring Pledge

2024

https://thelaurelofasheville.com/outdoors/take-the-low-mow-spring-pledge-reduce-lawn-increase-wildlife-habitat/

Smoky Mountain Living- Creating Functional Habitat for Pollinators & Birds

2023

https://www.smliv.com/outdoors/habitat-for-pollinators-and-birds/

Black Mountain Primary School Pollinator Garden

2022

https://www.buncombeschools.org/o/bmps/article/855650

WLOS Pollination Celebration Meadow tour

2022

https://wlos.com/news/local/people-flock-black-mountain-veterans-park-monarch-waystation-garden-witness-thousands-pollinators-firsthand-bees-bumble-honey-wasps-butterflies?fbclid=IwY2xjawIM1m1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUH_sYuDazGpnXbuH7mKjhKJId-_L5Ggi3FY2iBcjppP2258edDIJXQ-Tw_aem__SwUqjZxDDNl5hv_vt3Ixw

BMN- Swannanoa Valley Treasured Trees

2020

 https://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/news/2020/02/13/heres-chance-nominate-tree-treasured-status/4693362002/ 

BMN- Monarch Butterfly Migration events in the Valley

2019

 https://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/life/2019/09/25/events-focus-monarch-butterfly-migration-through-swannanoa-valley/2369940001/ 

WLOS Volunteers plant flowers for butterflies

2017

 https://wlos.com/news/local/volunteers-plant-flowers-for-butterflies-bees-in-black-mountain?fbclid=IwAR0RI8VFLPmc7aM0HC68leE4mM54atY-P2sA4Tiu41heJhE8cABuqLP17VA 

UNCA News- Alumna works to protect pollinators

2016

  https://news.unca.edu/features/saving-butterflies-alumna-protect-pollinators?fbclid=IwAR2Wh0Kgm-JmI7iOHFzr1OPjYLEjJojyMgNVR8i5D5mnbixDXx84XE2cqCY  

BMN- Monarch Butterflies are migrating

2016

 https://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/news/2016/10/12/monarch-butterflies-migrating/91228288/ 

BMN- Waystations Helping Monarch Butterflies

2015

 https://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/news/local/2015/12/23/waystation-helps-feed-migrating-monarch-butterflies/77839872/?fbclid=IwAR0U92rkpQcTJrFDG3bfEswfTHB48msa9yOzsZLJpLbpUeKK1Ux9njdr3-o 

MountainX- Monarchs on their journey North

2017

 https://mountainx.com/blogwire/monarchs-visit-painters-greenhouse-on-their-journey-north-from-mexico/ 

Capital At Play- A garden center of the beaten path

2014

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My favorite resources

Bee City Asheville

https://beecityasheville.org/certify

Doug Tallamy

D. Tallamy. 2009. Bringing Nature Home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants.  


D. Tallamy and R. Drake.  2014.  The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden 


D. Tallamy. 2020. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

 

http://www.bringingnaturehome.net/ 

Heather Holmes

H. Holmes. 2014. Pollinators of Native Plants:  Attract, observe, and identify pollinators and beneficial insects with Native Plants


H. Holmes. 2017. Bees Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide


https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/resources.html


Indigenous Landscapes

S. Gamboa and A. Miller. 2020. Native Meadowscaping Deisgning, Installing, & Maintaining Native Meadows. https://indigescapes.com/


Larry Weaner Landscape associates

L. Weaner and T. Christopher. 2016. Garden Revolution: How our landscapes can be a source of environmental change. 


https://www.lwladesign.com/perspectives?_sft_category=meadow-resources


Monarch Watch

 https://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/ 

Xerces Society

https://xerces.org/publications/guidelines/establishing-pollinator-meadows-from-seed 

https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-028_01_XercesSoc_Conserving-Bumble-Bees-Guidelines_web.pdf 

https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/17-053_03_XercesSoc_PollinatorPlants_Southeast-Region_web-3page.pdf 

https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/17-049_04_XercesSoc_Pollinator-Plants_Mid-Atlantic-Region_web-3page.pdf 

https://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/15-020_02_XercesSoc_Establishing-Pollinator-Meadows-from-Seed_web.pdf



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