The One Thing You Must Know Before Planting Native 

Planning on planting native plants or flowers in your yard? Great! Here's the one thing you've got to know beforehand.
If you do want to learn more....
WEBSITES:
Native Plant Finder by Zip Code! Find the best native plants for YOU to plant in YOUR specific zip code: www.nwf.org/na...
Monarch Gardens (Benjamin Vogt) - Learn how to design native gardens, get a monthly newsletter, take classes, watch videos: www.monarchgar...
Cultivating Beauty and Butterflies. Ecological Horticulture (Rebecca McMackin) -- See some native plant designs, listen to her talk, and most importantly, scroll down to sign up for her monthly newsletter. Jam packed with incredibly interesting and helpful native plant/pollinator information: www.rebeccamcm...
Homegrown National Park (Doug Tallamy) - Be a part of a network of United States homeowners planting native and creating homegrown national park. Find resources to help you figure out the right plants for you: homegrownnatio...
VIDEOS:
"The Landscape is our Teacher" (Darrel Morrison) - Short but so helpful and inspirational - How to design with native plants, where to get started, what to think about, seeing actual landscape designs and how they work. Learning actual landscape design techniques in a non-overwhelming way: • Darrel Morrison - The ...
"Bringing Nature Home: The Importance of Native Plants" (Doug Tallamy, PhD) - The man who first brings many people into even thinking about native plants. The perfect listen when you're just getting started. The why of native plants: • Doug Tallamy, Bringing...
"Kill Your Lawn: The Why and How to Converting Lawn to Meadow Garden" (Benjamin Vogt, PhD) - Showing you how planting native can be done, gives some ideas, gives you the how of native plants, and gives you the confidence to actually get started: • Kill Your Lawn -- The ...
Tending Nature Video Series (The Ohio State University): u.osu.edu/6plus/
"Gardening for Moths" (Chelsea Gottfried): • Gardening for Moths
"Gardening for Moths" (Jim McCormac): • Gardening For Moths Wi...
"Brooklyn Bridge Park: Lessons (So Far) in Built Ecology" (Rebecca McMackin) - You'll learn more about how to design and plant native plants and have them look presentable to people than you realize from just reading the title: • "Brooklyn Bridge Park ...
BOOKS/ARTICLES:
Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash Wild on Your Backyard (Smithsonian Magazine): www.smithsonia...
"Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard" by Doug Tallamy: www.abebooks.c...
"Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design" by Benjamin Vogt: www.abebooks.c...
"Gardening for Moths" by Jim McCormac and Chelsea Gottfried: www.abebooks.c...
PODCASTS:
Native Plants Healthy Planet - There's never an episode that looks interesting to me, and yet, every time I click on one, I find I'm just listening to these knowledgeable friends talking about native plants, and soaking up SO MUCH information!: www.nativeplan...
PolliNation: extension.oreg...
TRUSTWORTHY ONLINE NATIVE PLANT SELLERS:
Prairie Nursery: www.prairienur...
Prairie Moon Nursery: www.prairiemoo...
NAIL POLISHES SEEN IN VIDEO:
Coral Reef by Colores de Carol (www.coloresdec...)
Saturday in the Park by Colores de Carol (www.coloresdec...)