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Reforest Miami Working to bring nature back to Miami

Good morning! Re-Atala Miami.
01/08/2022

Good morning! Re-Atala Miami.

06/10/2021

Thanks Jason for the Atala!

Gumbo limbo, living the good life..
06/10/2021

Gumbo limbo, living the good life..

Marjory Stoneman Douglas at the National Portrait Gallery cc
05/27/2021

Marjory Stoneman Douglas at the National Portrait Gallery cc

05/23/2021

The case against lawns
As we surround more houses with grass, we deprive ourselves of natural signposts
https://archive.curbed.com/2019/3/13/18262285/mcmansion-hell-kate-wagner-lawn-care-mowing

“Lawns … displace native ecosystems at a rate between 5,000 and 385,000 acres per day in favor of sterile, chemically-filled, artificial environments bloated with a tremendous European influence that provide no benefits over the long term,” the Roaming Ecologist writes: “no food, no clean water, no wildlife habitat, and no foundation for preserving our once rich natural heritage.”

Lawns, by acreage, are the nation’s largest irrigated crop, surpassing corn. Lawns consume resources, including fresh water (especially in those lawns cultivated in desert climes), fertilizer, pesticides and other chemicals, fossil fuels for mowing, and a mind-numbing amount of time, on an immense scale. Much hand-wringing goes on about the use of pesticides in industrial farming and the effect it has had on the worldwide population of pollinators, but less about its destructive use in lawn care. Lawns have introduced some of the country’s most invasive species, including English ivy, Japanese and Chinese wisteria, and decorative trees such as princess tree, Bradford pear, and mimosa. Second only to deforestation, invasive species are the largest threat to the world’s biodiversity.

And all this for what?

The lawn is, and has always been, a status symbol. Lawns have their roots in the English estates of the 16th century, where wealthy landowners planted turf grass for their cattle to graze on, and on which lawn sports could be played. These lawns, and later iterations such as the mathematically tidy gardens of Versailles and other elite estates, required meticulous hand-scything by hired servants to keep the turf grass at a handsome and desirable length. The few who could afford such a massive deployment of labor took pride in their lawns, which were, until the 19th century, only affordable to them.

Thanks for the Atalas! We're excited to get a colony going
05/23/2021

Thanks for the Atalas! We're excited to get a colony going

Bringing nature back to your home makes it more beautiful than making it look like a golf course. It improves your prop...
05/19/2021

Bringing nature back to your home makes it more beautiful than making it look like a golf course. It improves your property value too!

Good morning! Pinecrest needs more pine trees. Native backyard courtesy of with over 200 species of plants. It's ful...
05/17/2021

Good morning! Pinecrest needs more pine trees. Native backyard courtesy of with over 200 species of plants. It's full of butterflies and dragonflies all day, every day.

We found Everglades tomatoes spontaneously growing in the backyard, what a treat! Tiny but amazing flavor.
05/16/2021

We found Everglades tomatoes spontaneously growing in the backyard, what a treat! Tiny but amazing flavor.

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