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Homeowners urged to 'plant local'

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 03/25/09

Echoing the "buy local" movement, homeowners now are being asked to "plant local" by landscaping with native plants that will aid the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Joshua McKerrow — The Capital George Houghton, Diana Keener and Janet Spain pitched in to plant inkberry in front of the Plummer House at Jug Bay earlier this month. The volunteers planted a variety of plants, built beds and solved some pesky drainage issues, all using BayScaping techniques beneficial to the Chesapeake Bay.

About two dozen residents from around the region flocked to the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in south county on March 14 to plant inkberry, sweet pepper, river oats and river birch in a garden they helped design at a teach-in last month.

"All of you likely live within a half-mile of a stream," Julie Dieguez, the schoolyard habitat specialist for the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education, told the group the first day....

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