Some Good Stuff

Just a quick journal post to call attention to a couple projects with similar intent.

Biodiversity of Native Plant Gardens
This project might appeal to those who want a way to contribute observations from a native plant garden or restored area without the extra step of creating a place and project of their own. "It is designed to showcase cultivated/non-wild observations from native plant gardens and cultivated ecological restoration sites, and explore the biodiversity these plantings attract." Casual observations of cultivated native plantings are encouraged, "as well as any insects, animals, fungi, or other organisms that have been attracted to visit these sites". There is no bar to clear before adding observations. Just join, observe something in your native plant garden, and add that observation to this project.

Home Projects Umbrella
I shamelessly copied the idea behind this project and applied it to our region. This home projects umbrella allows projects like ours to exist within a global network of people with similar intent. It might allow knowledge gleaned from restoration sites on the other side of the world to be applied to our region. What controls lesser celandine for gardeners in its home range? What genus of plants has been observed out-competing it? What types of insects are observed eating it?

Update: I had a question about adding batches of observations all at once. Here's how to quickly add observations from your "place" to Biodiversity of Native Plant Gardens.

Go to your observations

- Click "Search"
- Enter the name of your place into "Place"
- Click "Batch edit"
- Select All
- Click "Add to project"
- Click the "Add" button next to "Biodiversity of Native Plant Gardens".

If you have more observations that fits the project's criteria, but are not shown on the first page of search results... Scroll all the way down, and add each page of results separately.

Posted on July 4, 2023 11:40 AM by stockslager