Hello Reader,

As Spring emerges, we’ve been busy as bees at LadyBug EarthCare with -

• ​Land Walk Consultations - reply to this email if you want one!
• ​Mindful CleanUps - to get out of the weeds, literally 💚
• ​EarthCare Projects, like native plantings and rain water systems
• ​Stewardship packages which we are still booking (and already includes some of you!)

We are also super excited to be working with a new company called Meadow Lab.

One of our exciting new projects this spring is the installation of their wondrous product: Meadow SOD. Yes, you saw that right -it's sod, but seeded, sprouted and ready to bloom this summer, with native plants!

Reply if you are interested in this cutting-edge new product (pun-intended)!

I also want to share a few things happening around here, both locally and virtually, to keep you informed, growing and taking mindful action on things that matter to us all, as Nature lovers.

Spring EarthCare Calendar of Events & Resources

📅 April 16 | FREE Live Virtual Event Plan Your EarthCare Journey Workshop (part 1) Outside of our local services, how are you taking individual action to support your Place? Our upcoming workshop next week is designed to help you choose an ecological impact goal to stay connected with Nature with a sustainable rhythm that fits into your real life. Whether you want to spend more intentional time outside, deepen your relationship with Nature, or have a bigger goal in mind, this workshop will give you the tools you need. Part 1 is all about the EarthCare Compass, auditing your resources, acknowledging reality, connecting with Nature beyond your backyard, and creating tiny habits and baby steps for sustainable action. Live attendees will receive the 4 Core Routines from the EarthCare Library for FREE and 30% off the EarthCare Calendar. If you can’t make it, you can still sign up to get the replay and workbook sent to you afterward. ​→ Register for the FREE workshop and Q&A​

📅 April 22 | Earth Day!

This year, the theme of Earth Day is “Our Power, Our Planet.” We can’t change the world alone, but environmental progress is built through everyday practice. Our local, community-led actions are the most resilient response to the global shifts.

I hope the resources and events shared in this email give you options to plan ahead and make a real impact for the Earth this year, not only on one day.

It is also the week between our workshop and Q&A where I will invite you to ponder in Nature, metabolize, and begin to define your ecological impact goal <3

📅 April 25 | Local Ecological Grief Song Circle ​Location TBD (can you help?) For many of us, the world has felt heavy, and one of the best ways to regulate our nervous systems when things feel heavy is to use our voices, together. This song circle will focus on the gates of grief. I am still finalizing the details on my first in-person song circle in PA! *I am looking for a large enclosed space so the sound doesn’t get lost (like it does outside, sadly), like a barn or a church or a meeting hall. Something a little dark and welcoming of candles would be lovely. Let me know if you have just the place. A song circle is open to anyone, regardless of singing experience. You can even just sit and listen! The songs will be super easy, and not about performance. Community singing is about being messy, imperfect and ok with it. I do not have a great voice, am still struggling with fear around singing in front of others too, and I hope that makes you feel extra welcome. Are you interested in joining? Click here or reply to let me know. And just reply if you have an idea for a location.

📅 April 30 | Plan Your EarthCare Journey Q&A (part 2)

Immerse yourself in a supportive environment with guidance, space to reflect and journal, breakout rooms to connect with other Nature lovers, and opportunities to share your unique perspective with the group, so we can all learn and be inspired by each other.

Choose your ecological impact goal, release who you think you should be to make space for who you are in your honest capacity, I’ll share my #1 tip for making it all work, and receive coaching in a Q&A help you solidify your plan.

​→ Register for the 2-part workshop and Q&A​

🎙️ Podcast Episode | The ancestral medicine of reciprocal relationship with the earth Kay'aleya Hunnybee, a clinical herbalist and integrative health educator, invited me on her incredible Herbal Womb podcast. We talked about traditional ancestral lifeways and how returning to the roots of our roots is needed, how to find small joy in big grief, choose what actions are meaningful and worth our time. Enjoy an hour of embodied earth wisdom the next time you’re on a walk, gardening, or want something nourishing to listen to. I also sing at the end.... a peek into what the grief circle will hold! ​→ Listen to this delightful conversation ​

🌱 2026 Plant Sale Directory from Penn State

Find a Penn State Master Gardener plant sale this growing season to source your annuals, perennials, vegetables, native plants, herbs, and other supplies.

​→ View the Directory ​

🤝 Get Your “Invasive” Plant Replaced for FREE in PA!

Replace up to three “invasive” trees and shrubs with native species for free with the statewide Pennsylvania Invasive Replace-ive Program. If you're on a tight budget, and have some burning bush or boxwoods to remove, this is your chance.

Note: As you may know, I put "invasive" in quotes because I don't think it's a good word, but it's how these aggressive, non-native species are being labeled, and I do support removing them - as long as we never use their presence to justify chemical warefar against plants. That is against the EarthCare Code of Ethics, and life itself. so take advantage of this opportunity to get a replacement, and be sure to resist any recommendations of chemical use on your landscape!

​→ Learn about the Invasive Replac-ive Program here​

🗣️ Make Your Voice Heard: Public Hearing on Water Withdrawal from Susquehanna River

Constellation Energy is asking to pull up to 73.2 million gallons of water per day from the Susquehanna River to support the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, including 21 million gallons that won’t be returned to the river (“consumptive use”).

15 other projects will be discussed, including water bottling plants, quarries, and meat processing facilities, that ask to renew or begin drawing water from local wells and creeks.

Join the hearing on April 23 at 5:00pm at 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg, PA. If you can’t make the meeting, you can submit your thoughts online or by mail until May 4, 2026.

This is an opportunity to speak up and bring your concerns about how these withdrawals will affect our local ecosystems, wildlife, and the health of the river.

​→ Learn More​

🪨 NEW: First and only underground state park in PA (Laurel Caverns)

I love this news! Caves are so cool! And PA is filled with them!

If you’re looking to visit some local state parks, there is a new underground state park with 426 acres of mountainous terrain, showing off the largest calcareous sandstone cavern system in Pennsylvania.
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​→ Learn about Laurel Caverns here ​

My hope is that this gives you lots of ways to engage, and stay connected to Nature in your Place.

I share even more like this (and stories you can see here) in my weekly newsletter: EarthCare Matters - learn more here if that appeals to you.

And if you have local friends who would love to have this list, just forward this email to them and remind them to join this list by clicking the link at the bottom!

Thank you - sharing is caring!

Stay wild and wonder-filled,

Kendra

Ps. Just hit reply to talk to me about anything you're interested in learning more about! Or send me resources to share!