WINOOSKI — Elizabeth Spinney and her crew walked through Gilbrook Natural Area armed with their weapons of choice, protected by thick gardening gloves and work boots. They were on the hunt for invasive plants, and their recent battle was just the latest in a war that seems never ending.
The invasive species problem continues to get worse as more plants find the Northeast to be a...
This June, The Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program is piloting a NEW Backyard Woods Program. The Program will be piloted in Washington County and is a four-week online program.
Bob Popp, Vermont State's Botanist, says the state is seeing more invasive plants, and believes that the climate change is playing a major roll.
"The United States has a rich native flora of over 18,000 native plant species. Plants color our distinctive and inspirational landscapes and provide a multitude of ecological goods and services. Native plants continue to provide new material for domestic gardens and urban spaces. Increasingly naturalistic planting schemes draw on the rich palette of native species combined with plants from...
"SOUTH HERO, Vt.
The flowers in your garden aren't the only plants springing back to life, those unwanted weeds, and invasive plants are also breathing new life.
Though we are welcoming the greening up of trees and lawns, not all plants coming back.
Bob Popp, Vermont State's Botanist says the state is seeing more invasive plants.
He believes that...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- A tree disease capable of wiping out black walnuts across the Eastern U.S. is heading for New York.
Thousand cankers disease has arrived in Ohio and Pennsylvania. It has not yet been found in New York state, but it could be on its way, or even here already.
"It could come into New York at any time," said Karen Snover-Clift, director of the plant...
Chickens are so last year — Brooklyn is all about the goats now. In fact, the Prospect Park Alliance just coughed up $15,000 to bring a heard of hungry goats to Prospect Park, where they will eat their way across the aptly named Vale of Cashmere.
The goats are part of a scheme to help undo some of the damage done by Hurricane Sandy and other storms that have battered the park in...
