The Perch

Observations from the garden. The kind worth keeping.

A pollinator garden in full bloom.

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What a Plant App Owes the World

The same plant that's an ecological hero in one place is a wrecking ball in another. Why Percy celebrates natives, flags invasives, and says when it isn't sure.

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A monarch butterfly on native milkweed.

Ecology & native plants

What belongs where you garden — the natives worth planting and the invasives worth pulling.

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Daffodils in bloom.

In the garden

Seasonal, practical how-to — what to plant now, and when to start.

A deer among garden hydrangeas.

Field notes

Essays from the garden. The kind worth keeping.

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