Getting Started
Why Native Plants? [Wild Ones]
Reducing Lawns Increases Happiness: Advantages of Replacing Lawn with Native Plants [Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed]
Create Your Garden Plan [Wild Ones]
How to Grow a Prairie from Seed [Prairie Moon Nursery]
Your New Oak Tree [Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed]
Local Sources for Native Plants
Columbus Wild Ones Annual Native Plant Sale – May 27th, 2023
Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District Plant Sales – last day to order is March 26th, 2023!
Natives in Harmony [Marengo, OH]
Riverside Native Trees & Nursery, LLC [Delaware, OH]
Scioto Gardens Nursery [Delaware, OH]
Sunny Glen Garden [Columbus, OH]
for more plant sources, visit the Ohio Native Growers Nursery Directory
Native Plant Species Information
Native Plant Finder [National Wildlife Federation]
Keystone Native Plants (Eastern Temperate Forest Ecoregion) [National Wildlife Federation]
Plant Identification
Virtual Herbarium [The Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio]
What to Plant Where
Free Native Garden Designs [Wild Ones]
When to Plant
Pros and Cons to a Fall vs. Spring Seeding [Prairie Moon Nursery]
Creating Habitat for Wildlife
How to Attract Birds & Butterflies [Prairie Moon Nursery]
How to Create Habitat for Stem-Nesting Bees [The Xerces Society]
Nesting & Overwintering Habitat for Pollinators & Other Beneficial Insects [The Xerces Society]
Nature Scoop Newsletters [Toni Stahl, Habitat Ambassador, The National Wildlife Federation]
Invasive Species
Fact sheets for common Ohio invasive plants [Ohio Invasive Plant Council]
For Kids
Ohio Spring Wildflower Activity Book [Ohio Department of Natural Resources]