The Beauty of Native Plants | Drew Lathin | TEDxLivoniaCCLibrary

[@coreenmcnally2505]

You have truly inspired me to make a difference in my our own environment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@RajrkSunny]

A gem hidden among millions of videos...

[@Fallingxleaves]

An amazing talk that deserves more views!! Less lawns, more native species!

[@adrianwilling6883]

"Look at the names of all new subdivisions: they're named after what they destroyed" -- so true!

[@markpellegrin417]

Perfect vid, Drew. I recommend this vid to people new to the subject every week.

[@rooteddwellings]

Sustainable agriculture major here and their is a market building for sustainable landscaping and I started a landscaping company hopefully we will be laying perennially native landscapes soon when my generation owns houses

[@kooale]

You go guy, right on

[@marianwhit]

This is all right out of Dr, Douglas Tallamy's mouth...thanks for sharing the message spread, but it is really good to acknowledge the people who did the painstaking research to discover the importance of native plants.

[@Lots3say]

This guy's garden is fantastic. I went there one day and his garden was filled with butterflies, birds and bugs of all kinds. The smell of sweet was everywhere. It was a treat going there.

[@toniviudez6371]

Thank you for uploading this amazing talk. Definitely, humankind must to return back what we took to Mother Nature.

[@Lucy-vk1el]

I work at a garden center that sells a few invasive plants and I always inform customers and encourage them to buy native plants. Not many people want to buy Japanese Barberry after learning it doubles the amount of ticks in your yard!

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

I don't see how japanese barberry has anything at all to do with ticks. I don't know what a native species is and how to define it. Are horses, ostriches, rhinoceros, Camels, elephants like mammoths, honeybees native to North America? I believe they are native. How am I wrong?

[@lindalouie9623]

This is very informative and helpful! I wish there were a lot more of these available.

[@lizfotouhi2146]

Excellent information! We must begin to change how we look at the world and how we treat it!

[@kooale]

Friggin' marvelous. Important work. Thanks Sir. We'll do it

[@garrettgonzales7614]

Loved this speaker. Tons of good information. Made me think alot about what I will choose to plant when buying a home.

[@nross3250]

Excellent talk, many important points. Thank you!

[@CheeferSutherland]

Save the pollinators, save ourselves.

[@VenomRoseEdits]

I have to talk about native plants. This vid has LOTS of information LOVE THIS

[@SheWhoWoodworks]

The bumblebees love the swamp milkweed in our yard 😊

[@carol1derful]

I'm going to intentionally plant a "Caterpillar Garden" this spring! 🐛🦋🌱

[@noom1732]

“They all named after what they destroyed”

[@slappinpumpkins]

It’s a shame that this video has so little views

[@mr.mrs.d.7015]

❤

[@garretttooth437]

This sounds like Doug Tallamy’s talk but reworded.

[@kooale]

The more the better

[@kooale]

Thanks for the tip, the Doug Tallamy "biodiversity" lecture was totally outstanding.

[@CheeferSutherland]

Agreed that it never hurts having more people spreading the word since a lot of it is lack of knowledge honestly. Also agreed that Doug Tallamy's lecture was really awesome and have several more saved. Thanks for the heads up on that 👍

[@ssmmherath7862]

Good

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Native and invasive are not scientific words. These are just opinions. I challenge anyone to change my mind.

[@alliehamilton-calhoun162]

My state's nickname is also what it has destroyed; the prairie. I have all but one of the plants mentioned at the beginning in my yard. I was so happy when my chickadees fledged the other day..... only to be immediately killed by the neighbor's cat. I just sat on the ground and cried after seeing the video on my outdoor camera. I monitored that nest for days, chasing away sparrows and putting the baby who fell out back in the nest. I've never hated a cat so much. My butterfly bush stays, sorry. Th adults love it & i have plenty of other plants to feed to the kids. And WHY is it that every ad before or during videos about native plants is for a riding lawn mower?! UGH.

[@marianwhit]

If the kingfisher drops the goldfish in the right place, you have potentially released one of the most invasive animals in the US...look at the Mississippi and Columbia...PLEASE leave the goldfish in Asia!

[@taramansion]

It's so disheartening that true native plants are so difficult to find.

[@kooale]

It's possible. Try harder

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Alot of the native plants that are getting scarce in North America are doing very well and being very beneficial in other parts of Earth where they have relocated fortunately

[@KnowOne111]

Lost me when he started talking about an onion’s purpose from god…