Creating Habitat with Shaun McCoshum - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 30, 2026

We talk about pollinator gardens,  and seek out the plants that provide that essential nourishment to bees and butterflies and moths, for example.  But insects do not live by pollen alone: To make our gardens places of life-sustaining habitat, we have to provide for other needs, too—like water, for example, and shelter in each season of the year, and more. A new book called “Natural Habitats and Wildlife Gardening: Inviting Nature into Your Backyard,” by today’s guest, Shaun McCoshum, provides inspiration for doing that. Shaun is a landscape ecologist, conservationist, pollinator researcher and writer who has worked on green energy initiatives,... Read More ›