What are SOFT LANDINGS? (click here for full article)

Heather Holm is a biologist, pollinator conservationist, and award-winning author. She has created a great way to illustrate the importance of using plants and leaves under keystone tree species to enhance the ecosystem which she is calling "soft landings".

Soft landings are diverse native plantings under keystone trees (or any other regionally appropriate native tree). These plantings provide critical shelter and habitat for one or more life cycle stages of moths, butterflies, and beneficial insects.

Read more here: https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/softlandings.html