Rethinking Winter Driveway Care: Why Salt Isn’t So Sweet for the Environment December 2025 blog by: Dawn Slack, Environmental Research Manager Why Using Salt on Your Driveway Can Harm the Environment While rock salt (sodium chloride) is a common solution for icy driveways, its use can have serious and lasting environmental consequences. Understanding these impacts… [Read More]
November blog 2025
Welcoming Winter: Protecting the Landscape with Care November 2025 blog by: Mitchell Nesbitt, Nursery Manager November invites a quiet shift. As the days grow shorter and the wind picks up across the land, our gardens begin to settle into their winter rhythms. This is a time for gentle preparation—a moment to support the land through… [Read More]
October blog 2025
Seeds of Change: Harvesting and Saving for the Future October 2025 blog by: Mitchell Nesbitt, Nursery Manager There’s something humbling about watching a plant reach the end of its cycle—brown seed heads swaying in the wind, pods splitting open with the weight of the season’s work. September is the month of pause and promise…. [Read More]
September blog
Removal of Heavy Metals from Soil using Vegetation by: Dawn Slack, Environmental Research Manager Plants provide… Food for people and animals, medicine, mitigate heavy rain, buffer wind and wave energy, protection from soil dehydration, beautiful meadows for pollinators, and the list goes on and on. Plants have been used by Helping Nature Heal for… [Read More]
August blog
Hold on for Hurricane Season 2024 by: Dawn Slack, Environmental Research Manager The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) article from May 23, 2024, anticipates “above-normal activity” due to several factors including “warmer-than-average ocean temperatures”. Out of 17 – 24 total storms, four to seven major hurricanes with winds of 179 km/h or higher… [Read More]