Landscaping with Native Plants Native wildflowers, ferns, grasses, shrubs, and trees are a stunning part of our local heritage. These native plants provide year-round beauty and interest to our gardens. In addition they are an environmentally friendly choice for landscaping and restoration. Why garden with natives? Native plants provide habitat and food for wildlife such as birds, butterflies, and caterpillars Natives do not require fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, or watering to survive Natives are naturally adapted to our climate Non-natives and cultivars often do not provide nectar (food) for pollinators Non-natives can escape gardens and devastate local forests and landscapes Natives benefit the Forest by: Stabilizing stream banks Reducing erosion Improving wildlife and fisheries habitat Mitigating the effects of wildfires Rehabilitating disturbed areas Combating non-native invasive species Larkspur Pipevine swallowtail on milkweed Milkweed seedpod
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Landscaping with Native PlantsNative wildflowers, ferns, grasses, shrubs, and trees are a stunning part of our local heritage. These native plants provide year-round beauty and interest to our gardens. In addition they are an environmentally friendly choice for landscaping and restoration.
Why garden with natives?Native plants provide habitat and food for
wildlife such as birds, butterflies, and caterpillarsNatives do not require fertilizers, herbicides,
pesticides, or watering to survive Natives are naturally adapted to our climate Non-natives and cultivars often do not provide
nectar (food) for pollinatorsNon-natives can escape gardens and devastate
local forests and landscapesNatives benefit the Forest by:
Stabilizing stream banksReducing erosionImproving wildlife and fisheries habitatMitigating the effects of wildfiresRehabilitating disturbed areasCombating non-native invasive species
Larkspur
Pipevine swallowtail on milkweed
Milkweed seedpod
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