We are glad to offer helpful resources. If you have additional recommendations, please send them to us via karen.h.martens@gmail.com
Business Members of Columbus Wild Ones
Wild Birds Unlimited at 3006 Gender Road in Canal Winchester has all things needed for the birds you are attracting to your yards with your native plants.
Selected Informative Web Resources
The Cincinnati Wildflower Preservation Society
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The Midwest Native Plant Society
National Wildlife Federation info about Gardening for Wildlife
The Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio
Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association
Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative
Plant Sources
Aquascapes Unlimited, Inc., is a wholesale business offering native wetland and aquatic plants. Is located in Pipersville PA. If you are looking for sufficient numbers of plants, they will be able to sell to you. Also, their website offers a very good plant library and a plant search tool that they hope will be of value to our members. Phone: 215-766-8151.
Five Springs Farm Nursery in Athens, Ohio is a nursery which offers a wide range of plants, specializing in natives, pawpaws, magnolias, buckeyes, sedums, bamboo, grasses, and ferns.
Natives in Harmony, a nursery in Marengo, Ohio owned by Gale Martin and Dan Grau with whom we partner for our spring plant sale. We also took a field trip there during the summer of 2014. She reopens on April 17 from noon to 6pm. Check the link for further details about days and hours they are open.
Selected Books
Goldberger, Miriam. Taming Wildflowers.
Lauv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder. Algonquin Books.
Mader, Eric, Shepherd, Matthew, Vaughn, Mace, Black, Scott & LeBuhn, Gretchen. Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies. Storey Publishing, North Adams, Massachusetts.
Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Little, Brown & Company.
Phillips, Harry R. Growing and Propagating Wildflowers. (out of print)
Rainer, Thomas & West, Claudia. Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
Stein, Sarah B. Noah’s Garden: Restoring the Ecology of our own Backyards, Houghton Mifflin Company
___ Planting Noah’s Garden, Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology, Houghton Mifflin Company
Strong, Valerie. All My Phlox, Kent University Press
Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in our Gardens. Timber Press
Xerces Society and The Smithsonian Institution. Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in your Garden, Sierra Club Books
___ Attracting Native Pollinators:Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies, Storey Publishing.
Grant Resources
Most of these grant opportunities focus on the education of children which is important for our future.
Wild Ones- Seeds for Education Grant
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife : grant and funding opportunities
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has grants that can be found at this link.
Project Learning Tree- Greenworks Environmental Education Grant: school/community native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a stream side restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project for your students
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