BUILDING BIODIVERSITY Series:
A seaseon by season guide to planNing for biodiversity In your home and garden
Session 1: Spring Planning/Winter Practices
Session 2: Summer Planning/Spring Practices
Session 3: Fall Planning/Summer Practices
Session 4: Winter Planning/Fall Practices
Course Resources
“Building for Biodiversity” Session 1: Biodiversity Overview, Winter Practices, and Summer Planning Resources
Elise’s Ensia Magazine Articles
Doug Tallamy on Why We Need Biodiversity
National Geographic on Biodiversity and Species on Planet Earth
The Importance of Biodiversity
Scientific American: The Species We Lost in 2020
Alan Lightman: “This is No Way to Be Human” - Benefits of Nature to Humans
Correlation Between Urban Trees and Crime Rates
Massachusetts Invasive Plant List
Book: Wild Plants of the Urban Northeast
Urban Nature, Human Nature Talk
Electric Snowblower at Home Depot
“Quiet Lawns” and Reducing Noise Pollution
Ensia Magazine - Here’s Why Road Salt is a Problem
Grow Native Mass on Native Planting (great list of native plants from the Xerces Society here!)
Native Plant Trust - Growing and Selling New England Natives!
Book: Nature’s Best Hope - A New Approach to Conservation Starts in Your Yard
Session 2: Review, History of the Lawn, Spring Practices, and Summer Planning
Scientific American: The American Obsession with Lawns
New York Times: How the Great American Lawn was Manufactured
History of Lawns - Planet Natural
American Lawn - A Brief History
Xeriscaping (Massachuestts specific)
Environmental Impact of Lawn Mowers
Step-by-Step Guide for Planting for Pollinators by Minnesota DNR
List of Native Plants of the Northeast
Rite in the Rain Journal for Nature Journaling
Building bee homes:
How to Build a Bee House for Solitary Bees
How to Make a Bee Nesting Block