Eco-Restoration Gypsy

There are many great ecological restoration projects in Ann Arbor and southeast Michigan, USA. This blog will report on some of them, especially the May Beth Doyle Nature Preserve. We'll digress to other projects, and some related topics as well, including ways to nurture native trees and shrubs.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Best websites and books about pollinators and native bees

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Here are the best websites and books about pollinators and native bees in Michigan: Web sites Michigan State University http://nativeplants....

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Early bees

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Most ground-nesting bees are called 'solitary' because they don't make hives or have the roles typical of social bees. However, ...

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Bee Aware - Blogs and brochures focus on native bees

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The increasing interest in pollinators is leading to many new resources that share information about native bees and native plants. Here a...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

2010 events at Mary Beth Doyle Park

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Natural Area Preservation has scheduled several events at Mary Beth Doyle Park in 2010. Late April & early May - walk the path along Mal...

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Rain garden is awash with flowers

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The rain garden near the Packard entrance of Mary Beth Doyle Park is thriving. I counted seven species in bloom this morning: spiderwort b...

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Volunteers Build Better Trails

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A group of volunteers from Thomson-Reuters did an outstanding job re-routing the trail to Swift Run Park on April 24, 2009. We'll have m...

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Michigan researchers find 166 bee species on 15 blueberry farms‏

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A study published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America (March 2009) shows that wild bees are effective pollinators of food ...

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Mark Charles: There are two healings: nature’s and ours and nature’s. Nature’s will come in spite of us, after us, over the graves of its wasters, as it comes to the foresaken fields. The healing that is ours and nature’s will come if we are willing, if we are patient, if we know the way, if we will do the work. From Sabbaths 1982 VI (To Dan) by Wendell Berry

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