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For a while now I've said the environment is a moral and ethical issue, not a political one. Our government has made the conversation on...

If we don't get folks far more intimate with wildness, they won't care about the planet or be critically engaged with issues beyond...

This Thursday in Lincoln NSA is putting on a free workshop on why and how to garden sustainably for the environment. Panels of local experts...

I just wrote 40,000 words in one month, and am now taking a bit of a break from the book to gather my wits about me and to process the harde...

I stumbled upon these quotes from two powerful writers in just one day. They perfectly frame my book's project, and hit at the heart of...

In fall the prairie is dipped in bronze, brown, and ochre. An hour before sunset and the sun is already creating halos around the thick se...

Several photographs from the three main gardens at home base, more of which I share liberally on Instagram . I add some corten steel to...

I have long said that the environment is not a political issue, which seems confounding to many as it often takes human law to conserve, pro...

Gardens already come with a prepackaged, innate illness -- our hubris. The manipulations we make of nature do both honor and harm to it, ev...

I have long been a critic of our western / American culture's focus on putting a happy spin on everything; why, just the other day ...

First day back from a long weekend up north. Finally lumber out to the garden as my lunch is heating up. I'm not too happy with the lan...

Here and there I've dropped snippets of what's going on in 2,000 square feet out back. Last fall I scalped and de-thatched the back ...

So, I'm working on this book -- A 21st Century Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. I'm probably g...

I'm far from content with our new front prairie beds -- there are some significant bare spaces I'm not showing, and I need to come b...

I find "proof" valuable when making an argument simply because it appeals to one side of our brain, and some folks have thinking d...

Out back this morning trying to pull ripe black medic seeds before they scatter. I'm so thankful I can be on my hands and knees. As I c...

I turned 40 last week. My garden turned 9. Together we are either -31 or 409. Here's my annual look at the birthday landscape, though wi...

Which includes both the scientific and philosophical conversation that ensues. Native plants are a threat to an entire industry built foremo...

I designed a very long space (nearly 150') for a client last spring, who then purchased all of the plants and over several weeks install...

It's vitally important to me that we create landscapes that do more than just look pretty to one species. In a world of climate change a...

I've been thinking how hard it is to be an activist, community builder, and businessperson all at once. While all three require great pa...

I'm pleased to announce that my new book, A 21st Century Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future , will be ...

Politics won't save us; having our hearts broken will. Touch the natural world before you take another step today. Sit down in a place ...

When designing a landscape don't forget the awesome power and beauty of seed heads. This is pasque flower (Anemone patens), and while t...

We've found an ideal acreage. That's the short story. The longer one is it's near a paved road, not far from Lincoln, has a pond...