GARDENS/CONSERVATION
Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East by Carolyn Summers
Learn more about the benefits of adding native plants to your landscape along with on-going local conservation efforts.
Books:
- Bringing Nature Home, and
- Nature's Best Hope,
authored by Douglas Tallamy - Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East, authored by Carolyn Summers
- The Pollinator Victory Garden, by Kim Eierman, with photos by Heather Holm and Carolyn Summers
- The Meadow Project, by Katherine Zimmerman
Podcast:
- In the Weeds, Nicole Asquith
Useful Web Sites for Native Plant Gardeners:
- Homegrown National Park
- National Wildlife Federation
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College
- National Audubon Society
- New York Flora Atlas
- Patrician Sutton
- U.S. Forest Service Bird Pollination Information
- USDA Plants database
- Birds & Beans Coffee [make sure your coffee habit supports neotropical migrants in their winter home]
- How to Start a Butterfly Garden
- How to Create a Bee-Friendly Landscape
Regional Plant Conservation Organizations:
- Catskill Native Plant Society
- Connecticut Botanical Society
- Grow Native Massachusetts
- Long Island Botanical Society
- Long Island Native Plant Initiative, Inc.
- Native Plant Society of NJ
- Native Plant Trust
- New York Flora Association
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Pennsylvania Native Plant Society
- Torrey Botanical Society
- Wild Ones Central New York Chapter
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS & RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS
List of recommended practitioners in the greater NY metro region:
- Kate Brittenham, Front Stoop Pocket Gardens
- Karen Bussolini, Karen Bussolini Garden Arts
- EcoBeneficial
- Ferncreek Design
- Francis Groeters, Catskill Native Nursery
- Missy Fabel, 917-224-4502
- MVH Garden Design, 914-935-1352
- Ana Hajduk, Singing Brook Gardens
- Nature's Edge, Sue Avery
- Pennington Grey, Natural Ecosystem Management
- Pete Muroski, Native Landscapes Garden Center
- Plan It Wild, Amanda Bayley
- Restaino Design, PC Landscape Architecture
- Guy Pardee, Suburban Native LLC (invasive species removal expert)
- Karin Ursula Landscapes
- Ken Uhle, RLA, ASLA, 203-438-3211
- Larry Weaner, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates
- Trout Lily Garden Design
- Woodscapes, Inc.
Looking for native plants to add to your garden? Listed below are a few of our very favorite native plant growers and providers [most will also sell non-native plants, so "buyer beware;" when in doubt, be sure to order plants using their latin names.] Nurseries are retail unless otherwise noted:
NURSERIES AND SEED SOURCES FOR NATIVE PLANTS
- Broken Arrow Nursery
- A Native Plant Nursery
- Catskill Native Nursery
- Chief River Nursery [bare root trees]
- Earth Tones Native Plant Nursery
- Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery, Orefield, PA
- Ernst Conservation Seeds
- Fiddlehead Creek [no web site; try facebook]
- Kind Earth Growers, [WHOLESALE]
- Musser Forests, Inc. [trees; mostly bare root, some containers and plugs]
- Native Landscapes Garden Center
- New Moon Nursery, Bridgeton, NJ [WHOLESALE; plugs]
- North Creek Nurseries, PA [WHOLESALE; plugs]
- Planter's Choice [WHOLESALE]
- Pinelands Direct
- Prairie Moon Nursery [MAIL ORDER, seeds, plugs]
- Prairie Nursery [MAIL ORDER, seeds, plugs]
- Rare Find Nursery
- Rosedale Nurseries, Inc.
- Summer Hill Nursery [WHOLESALE]
- Toadshade Wildflower Farm Native Plant Nursery, NJ [MAIL ORDER]
- Wild Ridge Plants, Pohatcong, NJ
- Wild Things Rescue Nursery