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Socio-ecological research in urban and suburban garden systems

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Socio-ecological research in urban and suburban garden systems

  • About
  • Why Study Gardens?
Garden Ecology Lab Logo
  • Instagram
  • Link

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Categories

  • bees (35)
  • Beneficial Insects (20)
  • building integrated agriculture (2)
  • Garden Design (10)
  • garden ecology (46)
  • Garden Ecology Lab Briefs (1)
  • Garden Microbes (4)
  • invasive species (1)
  • Lab News (26)
  • Lawns (2)
  • Methods (6)
  • microbiome (1)
  • Microplastics (2)
  • Native Plants (50)
  • People (10)
  • Plant of the Week (11)
  • Pollinator of the Week (10)
  • Pollinators (31)
  • science (56)
  • social science (2)
  • space (1)
  • teaching (4)
  • Top 10 Plants for Pollinators (10)
  • urban (8)
  • urban soils (9)
  • What are the bees doing (4)

Aaron Angelee bees butterflies butterfly Clarkia ecology research field research flies Garden Garden Bee garden bees Garden design garden ecology garden plants Garden Pollinator garden science garden soils Gwynne honey bees Insect Decline Isabella Jen Lauren Lucas microbiome microplastics mykl nativars native bees native cultivars Native Plants online learning pollinators Portland profile research science behind the scenes soil sampling soil test syrphid flies top10 urban agriculture urban soils webinar

Eight members of a lab group stand on a brick patio, in front of a tree.

We Study Gardens

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    October 28, 2016

Plant of the Week: Purple Coneflower

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    November 6, 2025

Tips for Removing Plastic Mulch from Garden Soils

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    October 25, 2025
hoop house and plastic mulch

Plastic Pollution in the Garden

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    October 9, 2025
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Lessons Learned from a Case Study in Urban Agriculture, and Considerations for Balcony Gardeners

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    September 28, 2025
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Science Behind the Scenes: Pacific Northwest Pollinator Gardens

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    September 13, 2025
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A researcher looks through the microscope at microplastic particles

Science Behind the Scenes: Searching for Microplastics in Garden Soils

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    August 30, 2025
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A lab bench with a microscope, pinned hover fly specimens, and a computer with a hover fly identification guide.

Science Behind the Scenes: Hover Fly Study

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    August 16, 2025
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How ALaN Disrupts Life: From Circadian Rhythms to Migration

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    July 29, 2025
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Announcing the Publication of Seven New Garden Ecology Lab Briefs

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    July 3, 2025
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Garden Ecology Lab Graduates and New Lab Member: Anna Janowski

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    July 1, 2025
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