We are glad to offer you some helpful resources. If you have additional recommendations, please send them to us by email at [email protected]
Selected Informative Web Resources
The Cincinnati Wildflower Preservation Society
The Midwest Native Plant Society
National Wildlife Federation – Gardening for Wildlife
The Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Invasive Plants Publications & Links
Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association (ONAPA)
Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative
Local Sources for Native Plants
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. Natives in Harmony will be open Sundays and Mondays from 12pm – 6pm, April 19th – September 28th, 2020.
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
The Xerces Society and The Smithsonian Institution. Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in your Garden, Sierra Club Books
The Xerces Society 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
