Every Mother's Day, I indulge in a marathon of planting, filling
two dozen large pots and window boxes for our various porches and patios. Why spend hours planting flowers that only last one season? Read more on my blog, The Community of the Land.
RAISING THE ROOF: Read my article
on why plants are sprouting on the roofs of buildings in cities and towns across the country in this month's Audubon magazine.
SILVER EDDIE AWARD!
National Parks magazine won a Silver Eddie, a national award, for my article The Refuge, on the crisis facing the nation's largest wintering elk herd.

THE PERCH: Read my contributions to Audubon Magazine's blog, along with those of other writers.

Check out the photos of my landscaping designs and wildscapes, urban wildlife habitat restorations -
bringing nature home as a source of connection and renewal.
(Here's one: the "greening" of Denver's oldest coal-fired power plant the spring after planting.)
 

WHERE'S SUSAN?

On the road researching articles for National Parks and Audubon magazines. On June 5 & 6 though, I'll be speaking as part of the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series in Salida, Colo.

ARMY CUTWORMS & MILLER MOTHS
"What are those worms I'm seeing everywhere?" asked a friend recently. They're cutworms, caterpillars of moths with surprising lives. Learn more on the Nature of Life, my weekly podcast. (You can subscribe, which brings you an email whenever I upload a new podcast, by using the "subscribe" button on the main page.)
 

EMAIL ME

Let me know what you think of my work. Or join my fan list. Thanks!