39 Essential Resources for Growing Native Plants Sustainably

Looking for sustainable gardening information on native plants? Check out the Sustainable Gardening Library’s Topics app and learn from the experts at public gardens and arboreta, colleges and universities, and government agencies. They’re sharing their knowledge with you all in one place, so you don’t have to spend hours searching all over the web.

Thirty-nine organizations from around the country, including Alaska and Hawaii, are sharing their photos, plant lists, and growing tips with us to help you identify and select plants that are best suited to the conditions in your geographic region or plant hardiness zone.

Just go to the Library’s Topics Directory, and select the Native Plants icon to open up an interactive map that shows the locations of our content providers.

Click on any map pin to open a popup that provides collaborator details and a link to the materials they’ve contributed to the Sustainable Gardening Library.

You’ll find a wide variety of things to enjoy, including the U.S. Botanic Garden’s recommendations of Native Plants from the National Garden, native plant conservation efforts in the Waimea Valley of Hawaii, Sonoran Native Plants from the University of Arizona Arboretum, native plant profiles from the Environmental Learning Center in Florida, and much more.

Today’s Top Tip: Choose plants that are native to your location because they’ve adapted to local growing conditions over a long period of time. That means they’ll require less time and attention from you to stay healthy and grow well. A big bonus is that native plants attract native pollinators and other beneficial insects.

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