I can’t believe my backyard species count is almost at 2500. I wouldn’t have thought it possible when I first started submitting observations from my 50’ x 100’ native plant garden. I suspected I might be able to find a few hundred, and that was hopeful, but new species keep on coming. if anyone’s i…

very impressive, I have approx. the same gardensize - but I ”only” have 1530 species so far - so, a long way to go… https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/diversitaet-im-garten

The number of people helping with identifications is a good one, too: 1111 people :)

And what are you doing to convert your neighbors? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/monitoring-gardens-and-spreading-the-message/26094

Inspiring, Russ! Especially in a suburban landscape. Did you convert your yard all at once, or was it a process over time? I hope to get somewhere near your achievement some day with my own yard. In about 2.5 years with mostly natural regeneration/colonization of native plants I reached over 500 sp…

That’s genuinely amazing! I hope that some day my own family’s (much smaller) native yard can reach even a fraction of that species count.

My home garden project: Flatbush Gardener’s Garden As of now (I have a backlog of thousands of photos to process and upload): 11,921 Observations (7,884 RG) 917 Species (521 RG) Unlike many other such projects , mine is a small (large by NYC standards) urban garden. The plantable area is only 2…

Fight the lawn! Very cool list btw.

Cool project, thanks for the link!

Backyard biodiversity count is at 2499!

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AdamWargon September 18, 2025, 7:05pm 8

Russ does a lot! For example:

https://kingsvilletimes.ca/2024/10/kingsville-horticultural-society-news-meeting-with-russ-jones/

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Backyard biodiversity count is at 2499!

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