If you would like to learn more about native plants and our local wildlife, their value, benefits, habitat , etc., here is a list of resources that may help you. Please reach out with any questions:
BIRDS/POLLINATORS/WILDLIFE:
Audubon Pennsylvania: https://pa.audubon.org/
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Citizen Science Bird Count Information: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/citizen-science-be-part-of-something-bigger/
Homegrown National Park: https://homegrownnationalpark.org/
National Wildlife Federation (Wildlife Habitat Certification): https://www.nwf.org/
Xerces Society: https://www.xerces.org/
NATIVE PLANTS/CONSERVATION LANDSCAPING:
Bowman Hill Wildflower Preserve (source of local native plant species, plant lists and deer resistant plant list): https://www.bhwp.org
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Conservation Booklet: https://www.chesapeakelandscape.org/resources/the-eight-essential-elements/
Labybird Johnson Wildflower Center (an awesome resource of native plants by state, etc.): www.wildlfower.org
Manada Conservancy (Dauphin County Land Conservancy organization, source of local native plant species and spring plant sale): www.manada.org
PA DCNR, Landscaping with Native Plants: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Conservation/WildPlants/LandscapingwithNativePlants/Pages/default.aspx
Pennsylvania Native Plant Society (source for native plant sources): http://www.panativeplantsociety.org/
Pennsylvania National Heritage Program: http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/Communities.aspx
Rutgers Deer Resistant Plant List: https://njaes.rutgers.edu/deer-resistant-plants/
INSPIRING PLACES:
Bowman Hill Wildflower Preserve: https://www.bhwp.org
Chanticleer Gardens: www.chanticleergarden.org
Mt. Cuba Center: www.mtcubacenter.org
Wildwood Lake Park: https://www.wildwoodlake.org/
BOOKS:
Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies; The Xerces Society Guide by Eric Mader, Matthew Sheperd, Mace Vaughan, Scott Hoffman Black and Gretchen LeBuhn
Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can be a Source of Environmental Change; by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts In Your Yard and Bringing Nature Home; by Doug Tallamy
New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris
Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology Of Our Own Backyards; by Sara Stein
Taming Wildflowers; by Miriam Goldberger
The Living Landscape: Designing For Beauty And Biodiversity In The Home Garden; by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy
The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart Smith