Tag: phenology

• Co-creating with Nature

  Principle #4: Pay attention to ecological interactions in a spirit of reciprocity and nurture changes in your refugia gardens that facilitate adaptation over time. Goal: Nurture adaptation to new climate and ecological conditions. Ecological gardening: More and more gardeners today are shifting towards ecological gardening: growing plant species in clusters that interact together and with…

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  November 23, 2022

  Principles and Practices

  adaptation, aesthetics, biodiversity, co-creating, Ecological Functions, ecological gardening, food web, gratitude, hopefulness, phenological diversity, phenology, reciprocity, refugia, seasonal garden

• Plants as Food

  Ecological Function #1 Plants as Food: Nectar is an important food source for insects such as butterflies and bees and for some birds such as hummingbirds. As these animals reach deep into a flower where the nectaries are often located, they also perform an essential service for the plant: pollination. Thus, through millennia of co-evolution…

  dkoetje

  November 23, 2022

  Ecological Functions

  defensive chemicals, Ecological Functions, food, food web, herbal medicine, nectar, phenology, pollinators, refugia, spatial refugia, specialization