A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 4, 2021 – Marc Wolf on Native ShrubsA Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 4, 2021 – Marc Wolf on Native Shrubs

<p>I'm always looking for more places to tuck native plantings, and my current mission is along my property edges, where I'm adding a more complex layer of shrubs and small trees adjacent to the big old canopy-level ones to increase habitat for beneficial insects and birds, in particular.&nbsp;</p> <p>I've been turning to today's guest for suggestions, and now we want to share some of our ideas with you for garden-sized native woody plants to enhance the diversity of your landscape. </p> <p>Marc Wolf is director of <a href="https://www.mtarboretum.org/">Mountain Top Arboretum</a> in the Catskills of New York, 178-acre public garden that's open every day of the year, and where managing native plant communities is the focus. Marc has a particular appreciation for small native trees that we too often overlook, and we'll talk about some of his favorites and also a palette of native shrubs to delight you and the bees and the birds. </p>