Native Plants

Here is a link to a Doug Tallamy talk on the value of oaks for pollinators and other wildlife.
The video is over an hour long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdiUgB_3A9w&t=58s

Note: Some of the publications listed below were created in "booklet" format. When viewed as a PDF, the page numbers will be off because of that format. If the booklet is printed, and folded in half, pages will be in the right order. If you are viewing the pdf, follow the page numbers to keep your place. Thank you.

Promotional Poster

Please see the promotional poster below for connecting to a new native plant eGuide that Pat Goggin wrote and compiled over the last 7 years entitled “Guide to Native plants (a.k.a. Local Beings): 112 species that support clean water, wildlife habitat, and a happy soul.”

This 160-page guide has over 400 photographs and appendices of resources related to native plant gardening and ecological restoration design and installation. Click on the Guide to Native Plants button below.

NATIVE PLANTS POSTER

GUIDE TO NATIVE PLANTS

What's Blooming?

Did you ever wonder what kind of native plants bloom during each month throughout the spring and summer around our area? Wonder no longer. The link below will take you to a place that tells you what Minnesota wildflowers are blooming. Click on the "Blooming by Month" button for more.

Blooming by Month

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Native trees & shrubs provide more food for birds.

Carolina Chickadee

Planting native trees and shrubs in your yard can really help songbirds. In a study of the Carolina chickadee in the metropolitan DC area, researchers found that native trees and shrubs support much more 'bird food', such as caterpillars, than non-natives do.

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