Planting, landscaping and caring for your yard
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| The Value of Leaf Litter! Who Knew? | ARTICLE: The enviornmental gold of leaf litter, and how to use these layers to enrich your yard. |
| Pretty Native Plants | ARTICLE: These well-behaved native flowers and grasses can beautify your yard and invite birds and pollinators. (February, 2019) |
| Native Shrubs for Beauty and Nature | ARTICLE: Provides native shrub alternatives to non-natives that are now escaping and endangering our woodlands. (January, 2020) |
| Planting Natives – Short Version: A 5 Step Program to Bring Nature Home | ARTICLE: Thinking of landscaping your yard with native plants? These 5 steps will help you get started. Short version. (February, 2021) |
| Planting Natives – Full Version: A 5 Step Program to Bring Nature Home | ARTICLE: Thinking of landscaping your yard with native plants? These 5 steps will help you get started. Full version. (February, 2021) |
| Small Scale Woodland Restoration | ARTICLE: Two residents share how they began to reclaim their overgrown woodland slope. (February, 2021) |
| The Hills Are Alive in the Windings | ARTICLE: Discusses the geology of the Windings and how annual rain storms can undercut driveways and large oaks. What we do in our yards can help. (September, 2020) |
| Our Environment: Invasive Plants | ARTICLE: Fewer wild flowers and erosion are consequences of heavy growth of non-native invasives. Description of four invasive plants, Garlic Mustard, asian honeysuckle, buckthorn and oriental bittersweet. (October 17, 2015) |
| Environment: Identifying Invasive Plants | ARTICLE: Let the Environmental Committee help you identify invasive plants in your yard. (March, 2015) |
| Preserving and Restoring The Windings Woodland Community | BROCHURE: Describes our woodlands with large and small tree recommendations for your yard, with pictures. (2021 edition) |
| Windings Homeowners Association Tree Removal Guidelines | GUIDELINES: The WHOA seeks to preserve woodland and native habitat by managing its landscape architecture. Trees are key to the community and fall within the Architectural Committee’s supervision. Procedure for approval of removal and replacement of trees with diameters larger than 6 inches. (September, 2020) |
| For Tree’s A Jolly Good Flora | ARTICLE: Explains tree replacement guidelines and provides a list of suggested trees. (April, 2017) |
| Windings Recommendations for Large Landscape Trees Native to Our Area | LISTING: When planting or replacing large shade trees, consider these natives. Photos included. (September, 2019) |
| Wndings Recommendations for Smaller Understory Trees Native to Our Area | LISTING: Consider planting these beautiful smaller native trees. Photos included. (September, 2019) |
| Trees, Glorious Trees | ARTICLE: Descriptions of the types of trees in the Windings and their importance, with guidelines for planting new trees. (January, 2016) |
| Selecting and Planting Trees | ARTICLE: How to select and plant a tree for your yard. Resources listed with planting guidelines. (April, 2016) |
| Nature’s Best Hope | WEBINAR: Doug Tallamy, a professor and wildlife ecologist, describes an approach to conservation starting in your yard. (February, 2020) |
| Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard | BOOK: Doug Tallamy, a naturalist, scientist, proessor and gardener, describes why and how homeowners can transform their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. (Timber Press, 2020) |
| Best Management Practices – Oak Ecosystem Restoration, Regeneration, and Maintenance | WEBSITE: A guide to assist the private landowner in preserving and managing native oak woodlands. |