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

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Podcast: [Growing Greener](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-greener-439650)
Published: 2026-04-29T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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