About
Biodiversity gardening is an educational website intended for anyone interested in the conservation of the living part of the natural world. Our passion is biodiversity, and by sharing our passion with our readers we hope to create awareness of the importance of biodiversity worldwide. This website was made public on Earth Day 2011.
History
In 2011 we coined the term "biodiversity gardening" out of necessity. It was obvious from empirical evidence that biodiversity had increased substantially in our garden due to the presence of native plants. Our garden had been transformed by native plants. We wanted a name that reflected the transformation, hence gardening for biodiversity or biodiversity gardening!
Use of Photographs
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People
Nina M. Zitani: Co-Founder, Website Designer, Editor, Contributor
R. Greg Thorn: Co-Founder, Contributor
Acer Van Wallendael: Past Contributor
Peter Van Wallendael: Co-Founder & Past Contributor
R. Greg Thorn: Co-Founder, Contributor
Acer Van Wallendael: Past Contributor
Peter Van Wallendael: Co-Founder & Past Contributor
Nina M. Zitani, MSc, PhD
Nina working for Smithsonian Journeys, Machu Picchu, Peru, 2020.
Nina & Greg's Tropical Biodiversity field course (Western University), with their phenomenal Waorani guides Nemonte (centre), Nancamo (far right, orange shirt), Mencai (next to Nancamo), and children at Shiripuno Lodge, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador.
Greg Thorn, PhD
Dr. Thorn at Yanayacu Biological Station and Centre for Creative Studies in the cloud forest (upper Amazon basin) of Ecuador.
Greg is a well-loved professor in the Department of Biology at Western University in London, Canada. He is known for his encyclopedic understanding of both the fungal and plant kingdoms and each year teaches both botany and mycology courses, including a course on the native plants of Ontario and plant evolution. Greg has co-taught a biodiversity field course in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador for six years. He is an expert at identifying birds and has a broad and deep understanding of zoology. He is at home in both a genetics laboratory and in the field, from the Boreal Forest to the tropics. Few people in the world match Greg's breadth and depth of knowledge of biodiversity.