Episode 15: Helia Native Nursery in Alford, Mass

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Podcast!


Today I’m happy to share my interview with Bridghe McCracken and
Amillie Coster of Helia Native Nursery in
Alford, Massachusetts.


Helia’s mission is to protect native plant diversity, and as
you’ll hear, there is a lot more to it than fencing off a section
of land and letting it go wild. Although, sometimes, that is just
what is required.


Helia works with a sharp eye to the threat of climate change,
pollution, and development on the ecosystems that surround us in
our everyday lives, as well as in more wild places. After you’ve
listened, I think you will find yourself paying much closer
attention to the plants around you, leaning closer to the ground
to see a diversity of plant life that astounds, even in suburban
landscapes. I know I did!


Thank you, Bridghe and Amillie, for being so generous with your
time, and for your dedication in working tirelessly to protect
the diversity of native plants that have sustained life on earth
for millions of years and can sustain us now, if we take care to
not destroy them. We can celebrate spring this year by going
native!


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Thanks again, and have a great week!
Judy


 


SHOW RESOURCES


Helia Native Nursery website


Master List of Native Plants in Berkshire-Taconic Ecoregion