Are Alien Plants Superior at Supporting Insect Diversity in the Garden?

Podcast: Growing Greener · Tom Christopher

Opublikowano: 2026-04-29

James Hitchmough, an eminent British garden designer and former professor of horticultural ecology asserted on a previous episode that research confirms that gardens rich in alien plants support a greater diversity of insects. Today, Matthew Shepherd of the Xerces Society, an organization founded to promote insect and invertebrate conservation shares a different understanding of the science.