Weed-Fighting Natives With Nancy Lawson – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 12, 2023

<p>When I spoke to&nbsp;naturalist and nature writer&nbsp;Nancy Lawson recently about her adventures in wildscaping at her Maryland garden, there was one topic in particular that I wanted to double back to, and dig in deeper: her tactics for fighting unwanted weeds and invasives as we loosen up parts of our landscapes with more native plants.&nbsp;That’s our topic today: how to give the desired plants the edge – including some of the native perennials that have proven to be her allies in outcompeting the undesirables.</p> <p>Nancy Lawson is author of The Humane Gardener and more recently of Wildscape,&nbsp;In it, she stresses that we are not alone out there, and&nbsp;promotes animal-friendly planting and maintenance strategies. She helps us tune in to everyone whose home it is through a mix of findings from scientific research papers and her own intimate moments making her own wildscape.&nbsp;</p>