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Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine Johnson's many books on native plant gardening include A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee, aka A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators, co-authored by Sheila Colla.

A lush, dense meadow garden

Rewilding your lawn or garden? First, get to know it

Once upon a time, the land you tend was stewarded by others – or by nature itself. Learn how to assess your site and the plants that will grow best there.

Purple flowers with yellow centres amidst green leaves with a tag reading Showy Aster: Eurybia Spectabilis

How to shop for native plants

So you want to put native plants in your yard – great! But where do you find them, and how do you know they're the right ones?

A bee covered in pollen sit atop a dandelion in a field of grass.

The surprising downside of #NoMowMay

Not cutting your lawn and letting dandelions grow for a month is touted as an easy way to help bees. But one-size-fits-all solutions don't work for conservation.