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  • When Should You Prune Your Shrubs and Trees? ✂️

    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 🌞

    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 🧗

    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 ✨

      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 🌼

    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? 🐕

    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 🌼

    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

    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 🌿

    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! 🧑‍🍳

    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 🐝

    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 🤔

      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...