Below is a list of some of our favorite native plant resources.

Books:

• Nature’s Best Hope, by Doug Tallamy
• Bringing Nature Home, by Doug Tallamy
• The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden, by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy
• Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes, by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
• Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change, by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher.
• The Once and Future Forest: A Guide to Forest Restoration Strategies, by Leslie Sauer
• The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden, By Roy Diblik
• Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society guide, Protection North America’s Bees and Butterflies, by The Xerces Society
• Principles of Ecological Landscape Design, by Travis Beck
• Plant Communities of New Jersey, by Beryl Robichaud Collins
• Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities, by Jared Rosenbaum

Websites:

• Ecological Landscape Alliance
• Wild Seed Project
• The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• The Missouri Botanical Garden
• The Biota of North America Project (BONAP)
• Wild Plant Culture
• The Native Plant Society of NJ
• Jersey Friendly Yards
• Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River
• Mt. Cuba Center

Podcasts:

• The Native Plant Podcast
• Wild Plant Culture
• In the Weeds
• In Defense of Plants
• The Field Guides
• Native Plants, Healthy Planet

YouTube:

• Rooted

Botanic Gardens/Educational Sites in the Greater PHL area:

• Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, DE
• Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, PA
• Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, PA
• Delaware Botanic Gardens, Ocean View, DE
• Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
• Stoneleigh: a natural garden, Villanova, PA