Dynamic Opportunity for a Motivated, Master Gardener to join our growing team this winter!
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Now is the time to witness monarch migration through Cape May Point, New Jersey! The Monarch Monitoring Project "is a research and education program focusing on the fall migration of monarch butterflies along the Atlantic coast." This year's count is reporting the highest numbers of monarchs seen on the coast in the past four years. Join in on the excitement, head out to the shore, and witness a small stop on these butterflies' journey along the coast.
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Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in Pennsylvania’s woods knows to be on the lookout for disease carrying ticks. It is difficult to avoid ticks entirely, but one can make a few simple choices in landscaping to repel ticks from green spaces and protect children and pets.
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Despite the common view of bees and insects as a nuisance, through understanding their importance, we have come to appreciate their presence in our gardens. Pollinators fill a crucial role in the vitality of plant and animal communities, and in our food production.
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By promoting habitat diversity and minimizing our chemical inputs, Refugia aims to support biodiverse communities that retain the ecological complexities of the natural world. We recommend taking a look at Candeias' snapshot of the dynamic relationships between grasshoppers, spiders, and goldenrod (Solidago spp.), and leaving spiders be when you spot them in your landscape!
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We are excited to announce that this week, Refugia Design received the 'Lower Merion Go for the Green' Award for Site Greening at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. The Go for the Green Award is sponsored by the Lower Merion Environmental Advisory Council, and "recognizes our Township's finest residents, businesses, organizations, and schools...for their work to improve and protect our environment."
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Visiting local native gardens can be an opportunity to learn and see the wide variety of potential that exists in sustainable landscape design. In the Philadelphia area, there are plenty of spaces for inspiration.
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As April begins and it finally feels like Spring, the impact of stormwater is becoming clearly present throughout landscapes. By making a few changes that slow down water flowing across a landscape, land owners can make significant improvements in surrounding ecosystems, and reduce their home’s contribution to the pollution of our watersheds.
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Come see Refugia's display at The Philadelphia Flower Show! The theme for this year's show is Holland: Flowering the World. Refugia is drawing its inspiration from Holland's innovative stormwater management practices in its creation of the display, 'A Sieve and a Sponge.'
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