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  • When Should You Prune Your Shrubs and Trees? ✂️

    by Community Foodscapes
    If you watch local landscapers and arborists out and about, you may get the impression that it’s fine to prune away at trees and shrubs through the...

  • Protecting Your Soil After a Historic Drought 🌞

    by Community Foodscapes
    Here in Atlanta, we had the driest recorded month in history with a whopping zero inches of rain in October… and coming out of a dry spell like thi...

  • Our Top Native Climbing and Screening Plants 🧗

    by Community Foodscapes
    WHY BUILD A FENCE WHEN YOU CAN GROW ONE?  Today, you can find privacy both at the polls (Election Day in GA is open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) an...

  • A Greener Future for Rose Circle Park ✨

    by Community Foodscapes
      With apartment complexes, developments, and impervious surfaces popping up at an alarming rate here in Atlanta, green spaces all over the city a...

  • Late-blooming Perennials for the Garden 🌼

    by Community Foodscapes
    Seasons change and so do our gardens! As the days start to shorten, our plants reduce their rates of photosynthesis and prioritize storing energy t...

  • Pet-Safe Plant Choices - What Common Plants Are Toxic? 🐕

    by Community Foodscapes
    For those of us with furry friends, we know that pretty much anything can be on their food menu… including your plants! And unfortunately, not ever...

  • How to Garden Reset After a Busy Growing Season 🌼

    by Community Foodscapes
    As the peak of the growing season comes to an end, many of us will find ourselves with a garden that’s grown vigorously and in all directions. Pla...

  • The Anatomy of a Fruit Tree Guild

    by Community Foodscapes
    This CoFo Fruit Tree Guild holds some of our favorite options of yarrow, thyme, rosemary, beebalm, and lavender. Keep reading to find out why we l...

  • Maintenance & Restoration in the Garden 🌿

    by Community Foodscapes
    Want to experience your land as it wants to be? All landscapes have untapped ecological potential waiting to be nurtured. At CoFo, we offer the a...

  • Spicebush Spotlight! 🧑‍🍳

    by Community Foodscapes
    Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - at the Skaneateles Conservation Area, Skaeateles, New York   For the month of September, we are offering a ...

  • Top Native Perennial Plants for Specialist Pollinators 🐝

    by Community Foodscapes
    PHOTO by Megan McCarty. A female Zebra Swallowtail laying an egg on a Pawpaw Tree. A specialist is an organism that has developed to thrive in a ...

  • Selecting the Right Mulch Material 🤔

    by Community Foodscapes
      Mulch! Some folks use the word just to describe wood chips, but it really is an umbrella term to describe any material that can cover and insula...