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Habitat Makers
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This video series Habitat Makers™ is about people devoted to ecological restoration. They work on all types of habitats-whether it's a boulevard in front of their house, their own backyard, a park, or working on a large-scale restoration. All types of restoration can make a difference. With the loss of so much land to development, our own backyards may hold the key to stemming the loss of biodiversity. Join us on this video series as we talk to the people who are making a difference. We'll take you to different restorations, we'll look at the challenges the Habitat Makers have overcome, and the amazing results they've achieved!
Room & Board's Urban Meadow
Room & Board, along with landscape architecture firm Urban Ecosystems, created an urban meadow that combines beauty and biodiversity. Learn the important role business can play in creating biodiverse habitat.
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Jim and Mary: Forces of Nature
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Meet Jim and Mary Hammill who had a life transition and discovered the restorative powers of ecological restoration.
A Legacy of Stewardship - Cullen Nature Preserve
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Learn about a new 30 acre nature preserve in the middle of a fully developed suburb. Ann Cullen Smith lived on the property until she was 105 and sold it to the city for half its value to be conserved in perpetuity. The video features the history and early efforts to restore the oak savanna part of the preserve.
Marilynn and Tom's Garden
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Homeowners, Marilynn and Tom, transformed their suburban yard into a rich biodiverse habitat. Learn how they converted from primarily turf grass to include different features including rain gardens. They've taken advantage of grants and have been awarded by their city for their restoration.
A Patch of Prairie
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Three committed people have worked 26 years to create and nurture a patch of prairie alongside a busy road. They share their wisdom about having a "conversation with the land" and creating a give and take relationship. The result: "a time release cafeteria of nectar and pollen" that provides sustenance to bees, butterflies and other pollinators throughout the season.
The Abandoned Lot Transformed - Part Three
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The Abandoned Lot. We've all seen these types of properties - neglected and unloved. Unbuildable for one reason or another, municipalities don’t know what to do with the lot. Habitat Makers™ takes a look at the people who turned an abandoned lot into an opportunity for ecological restoration.
The Abandoned Lot Transformed - Part Two
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The Abandoned Lot. We've all seen these types of properties - neglected and unloved. Unbuildable for one reason or another, municipalities don’t know what to do with the lot. Habitat Makers™ takes a look at the people who turned an abandoned lot into an opportunity for ecological restoration.
The Abandoned Lot Transformed - Part One
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The Abandoned Lot. We've all seen these types of properties - neglected and unloved. Unbuildable for one reason or another, municipalities don’t know what to do with the lot. Habitat Makers™ takes a look at the people who turned an abandoned lot into an opportunity for ecological restoration.
Habitat Makers Introduction
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This video series, Habitat Makers™, is about people devoted to ecological restoration. They work on all types of habitat - whether it's a boulevard in front of their house, their own backyard, a city park, or working on a large-scale restoration. All types of restoration can make a difference. With the loss of so much land to development, our own backyards may hold the key to stemming the loss ...
Great job team!!
Love seeing this full scale transformation! Thank you, Thank you!
Prairie up!
This is a great video that shows and talks about the many values of replacing turf grass with native plants. ROI for the bottom line of the business and a more joyful and relaxing environment for those who work and visit the business
❤ great people!
Great project! Love these urban meadows ❤ Nicely done video as well 👏
Love it! Shared it with our whole team Parterre Garden Services and our Ecological Division. Look us up if you come to Massachusetts! We’d love to give you a tour of our work!
Thanks for your comments. Also, thanks for the tour invitation. Likewise, if you're in the Minneapolis area we can give you a tour of some of the Habitat Makers sites.
Earlier this year, I visited a world class company that claims doing tons of things to fight the climate change. When I looked at their parking lot. It was surrounded with invasive plants. This instantly discredited their claims. I highly appreciate this episode that inspires people and businesses to do concrete things to help the environment and fight the climate. I believe the dynamic landscaping would be the future. I hope the dynamic landscape will become viral and get more young people involved. Good job through and through.❤
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If anyone in the greater Pittsburgh, PA / Wheeling/ Morgantown, WV and surrounding areas is interested in a similar approach to a native landscape, please feel free to respond here, as I'm offering this service and have a very rich theoretical and practical background in ecological restoration, as well as real-world planting experience. Could be a small site or a larger site.
Wow, that's absolutely beautiful! so much inspiration and I love the color combinations. Definitely taking them to grow in my garden. I love to use native pollinator plants and these look just gorgeous in the landscape too, thank you, more please!
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What an amazing video! Loved the ROI part. Knowing that in year 4 they break even and every year after that they are saving money AND the environment. Stellar ☺
Thanks for your supportive comments. The ROI certainly makes a strong argument for feasibility of more urban meadows.
Since this is on land with some sort of easement/public ownership, how was permission given, if any, for this type of project to move forward? I'm in the Cities also, near a plot of land that has similar potential: railway corridor with overhead powerlines. Last year a ton of brush was clear cut in one area, and I'd love to see it come back with natives instead of buckthorn, honeysuckle, and other nasty invasives.
Thanks for your interest. The best way to find out about the permission is to contact Larry (who's in the video). You can reach him via the contact section of his website The Old Naturalist oldnaturalist.com/?page_id=3244 Also, check out the website. Larry does a great job educating young people and adults about the natural world. Let us know if you take on a project like Larry and his friends.
What a beautiful story!! Thank you so much, Jim and Mary, and thank you to Habitat Makers!!
Thanks for your comments.
Fantastic news on the red-headed! You guys have done an incredible job at Cullen.
Thanks. Great things are happening at the Preserve and we look forward to producing Part 2 of the video so we can give updates. We are currently undergoing master planning with the City of Minnetonka and anticipate the day when the Preserve will be ready to be opened to the public.
Great video Jerrold and Heather. Thanks for spearheading this project.
Thanks. We appreciate your support.
Heather holm goes from ufc champion to badass gardener! Who would of thought.
Thanks for your comments. For more information on Heather and her books check out www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/
It's amazing how she was able to get the neighbors involved. Such wonderful Americans in Minnesota
Thanks for your comments of support! For more information on Heather and her books check out www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/
So cool that author Heather Holm is dealing with invasive shrubs and making the land useful for wildlife
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Excellent episode, keep them coming. It highlights not just restoration efforts but also the impact on these two wonderful people.
Thanks for your encouragement.
Well done!
Thank you.
You're welcome and thanks for your comment.
Sudden Heather Holm fan. Her passion really comes through. What an excellent project to inspire people.
Thanks for your comments. For more information on Heather and her books check out www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/
So refreshing to see the beauty that results from Jim and Mary's dedicated work for ecological restoration. I enjoyed this fantastic interview by Jerrold Gershone :)
Thanks, Charlotte.
Love what you do and have done! Planting oaks for the next generation is a sign of maturity according to an old Chinese proverb. I’m not familiar with the invasive buckthorn. How does it spread and how to you keep it from coming back after cutting it? Thx for this delightful video!
Buckthorn spreads by birds consuming the fruit. It is a difficult plant to get rid of but there are a number of methods that work (with persistence): 1) cut at ground level and apply herbicide on the stump 2) cut chest high, return 3-4 times during the growing season and strip off the shoots to exhaust the plant's resources.
Thanks for your enthusiastic feedback. If you watch The Abandoned Lot Transformed - Part One ruclips.net/video/K6uA0FqUhN8/видео.html in the Habitat Makers Series you can learn about how buckthorn is spread. The Minnesota DNR has information on how to manage buckthorn. Here's a link: www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialplants/woody/buckthorn/control.html. Hopefully, we'll produce a Habitat Makers episode on buckthorn control.
Jim and Mary are great friends and role models for my wife and I too. This is a great contribution to our community. This video is also a super impressive, professional production....that does not come easily. Thanks to all of you Habitat Makers!
Your support is appreciated. Thanks
So inspirational. Thank you for your dedication. I am glad you are rewarded with flowers and physical well-being.
Gorgeous garden Marilynn and Tom! I live in Florida and am transforming my yard to natives. I have some favorites that self sew and have relocated them to better locations--blue-eyed grass for instance. Florida HOA laws are funny--you ARE allowed to plant natives, but also have to follow HOA rules. Most people in HOA's have found that if they petition for specific plants, they get approval from their board. Tidy shrubs like coffee plant and firebush provide multiple benefits and are lovely. Grasses such as muhley and pineland drop seed are also landscaper favorites. Another route is that HOA's cannot prohibit residents from planting edibles in their yards--front or back! There are some beautiful natives in the mint family that are edible--I use leaves from my horse-mint in tabouli and other recipes. Also there are native fruiting shrubs and trees that can be added to most yards.
Thanks for your feedback and letting us know about native plants in your area. All of our videos are shot in Minnesota, and, of course, the flora is very different. It would be great for Habitat Makers to branch out to other areas of the country.
I listened to this 3 times and I cried each time because Jim and Mary are beautiful people and they are inspiration for all of us.
Thanks for your heartfelt comment, Larry.
Live long and prosper, to Mary and Jim, and to all the habitat makers. Thank you for all the hard work.
Thanks for the feedback.
An inspiration! So much love for Jim and Mary!
The same for you, Ed. Hope to show you the results of all this work.
What an inspiration these two are! Well done, Mary and Jim!
Hi, Wendy! Are we keeping up with Jenny or is she keeping up with us? Either way is terrific.
Beautifully done! Wonderfull!!! 🙂🙂🙂
Thank you!
They did a great job.
I love this! What a great save. Every property matters. Even a small yard. My yard is only 2/3 of an acre but I have an actual small eco system here. Lots of native bees and butterflies which leads to caterpillars then birds. It's amazing to watch. A smallish suburban lot that was all turf grass turned into a special place for nature. We can all make a difference. Also, I wish there was more information for the general public so they don't think you just have a weed garden. Education is key.
Thanks. Your restoration sounds impressive. Agree that education is key and everyone can make a difference.
My entire lot is only a fifth of an acre, but planting a few native plants, particularly coastal live oak have made a difference.
@@Thorny_Misanthrope * awesome! All of it makes a difference!
What a wonderful habitat!
Thanks for your comment.
Watch someone buy the land and slap a McDonald’s on it
Thank you!
You're welcome and thanks for your comment.
Thank you Marilyn and Tom for sharing your native gardens with us. The transformation of your property to all native plants must have been a very daring move considering the look of other properties in the neighborhood. The work involved alone might have been something of a deterrent for most people and I admire that you were undeterred by that. The results are so beautiful and so peaceful looking ! I can only imagine how much pleasure you get every time you are walking about in your private little paradise.
Nature really does most of the work. Once you stop mulching, as in traditional gardening, the native plants are able to reseed and fill in the spaces on their own. We've also had some wonderful plants volunteer. We've had native sedges and prairie cordgrass volunteer near the shoreline of the pond. We've had black raspberries volunteer- enough so a groundnesting bird was able to find a place to raise her chicks in the thorny shelter -and also provide enough bounty that my great nieces have experienced the joys of foraging for food! The deer keep the canes in check by eating/pruning them back every winter. Common primrose and nettle have also volunteered-both are host plants for butterflies. The thistle has so far stayed in the center of the garden where it does not "sting" people passing on the grass paths. So the "work" in the yard has been full of joy and discovery. We have gotten so much positive feedback from neighbors. One has put in several native plantings and another has allowed us to install two on his property. Door to door salespeople, dog walkers and many others have been offered and accepted tours of the yard (when they make the first move and comment on the beauty). Our immediate neighbor to the north is, unfortunately, not a convert but we have to be zen and see it as an impactful contrast to our yard - barrenness versus bounty.
So great to get an update on your amazing restoration and learn that it's still thriving. Very impressive about the ground nesting birds. Keep up the great work!@@wildonesprairieedge
When I was young I could care less about flowers and bees. Now that I'm older, I am trying to get things like this going. I am immersed with native prairies now that I know how precious and endangered these are. This is wonderful that these fine folks are saving this land. I hope we can get the information out on how important this is.
Thanks for your supportive comments. We just shot a new video on what businesses can do to create biodiverse habitat.
Thank you for creating such a helpful clip packed with inspiration. The chain reaction that mobilize neighbors into habitat builders is truly encouraging. We have similar problems in southern Ontario, where European buckthorns invade our woodlands. I hope we have such restoration projects in our community. Keep up the good job.
Thanks for the comments. Good luck on restoration in southern Ontario.
Did they use herbicide or was the process simply removing and planting? I was really hoping you’d ask more about the specifics of the undertaking itself.
I wanted to know the same. I was wondering if they sheet mulched? Used herbicide? Or "simply" removed, which is EXTREMELY difficult...digging out roots, constant weeding to remove weed seeds. I waited for this info for three episodes but to no avail.
Yes, they weighed the pros and cons of herbicide use. Since the site was so degraded, they decided that the risk of carefully stump treating the invasive plants was low. After each stump was treated (once) all of the follow up work was done without herbicides.
Thanks for your comments. The episodes were an overview and intro. Hopefully, we will produce more episodes that give more specific information on the "how" to do the restoration. See the response from 3 days earlier about stump treating in the "abandoned lot".@@smz5302
Lovely channel. Lovely work. Keep up the good fight
Thanks for your support.
Thanks for making this video! So fun! I’m going to watch all the videos
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You were way ahead of the crowd, bravo!
Thanks!
Thank you for these habitat building with natives videos. Very good
Thanks!
Beautiful!
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I’ve got two coastal live oaks in my front yard along with toyon and sage. I’ve got about as much life in my front yard as the twelve acre park next to my house!
Great to hear about the micro habitat in your front yard. It's amazing what can happen in small spaces.
Read Douglas Tallamy’s book, “Bringing Nature Home”. It’s basically this video in long form.
It's a great book. Thanks for your suggestion.
He also wrote "Natures Best Hope", another fabulous book. If you don't have time to read the book, he has many wonderful videos available on RUclips. He outlines that much of the land in the United States is privately owned so WE can make a huge difference providing habitat for wildlife.
Lovely property and video experience. Having such a property with so much wonder is so worth it no matter what the next owners decide. Hopefully they will see this video before making too many changes. Maybe they’ll buy because of the great native plants there.
We certainly hope the next owners will continue to nurture the native plantings. We hate to think of the Rusty patched bumble bees and other insects losing another habitat! But new native plant nurseries and landscapers are popping up everywhere and helping make the transition easier. I believe people are really starting to get the message!
Thanks for your hopeful message, Marilynn. @@wildonesprairieedge
Oh my goodness such a great surprise!!! Such a big transformation the heart an love of people working together.
Thanks for your supportive comments.
Curious. Is there a deer population at this restoration site? Here in south eastern PA, deer are what limit the growth of new oak seedlings. In a local park we use sleeves or barriers of bush honeysuckle branches to allow seedlings to reach a height where deer can no longer eat or rub with antlers. This fall I found an oak sapling thriving in the middle of an invasive patch of wineberry which deer dislike. That’s unusual. I’ll get a sleeve around it to help it survive the next 8 years. Thanks for the video!
Yes, we have heavy deer pressure here and in the area. We plan to fence select oak seedlings to foster oak regeneration at this site, as it sounds like you're doing.