The mission of PLANT IT WILD is to foster greater awareness and appreciation of the fragile natural environment of our region. Through direct efforts we work to preserve, protect, and promote the natural beauty of the area and its plant communities.
We promote the use of native plant species by producing educational materials available at our meetings, booths, presentations, and through our website. Programs are offered from May through September featuring a wide array of speakers and topics on native plants.
Not sure which plants are native to Michigan? Click Here to view a list of some of our favorite plants from this beautiful state.
Click Here to join Plant It Wild and help us preserve, protect, and promote the natural beauty of the area and its plant communities.
Click Here to read more about who we are and how we strive to help the community be a more natural and beautiful place.
Take a leap and remove a section of lawn and replace it with incredible native plants! Truff grass shoud be limited to paths and play areas. No other use.Most of us never give the way we maintain our yards much thought. They might think of 'Healthy Yards' as a fashionable or an aesthetic novelty. But forgoing conventional landscaping is an important ethical choice. We can no longer maintain our conventional practices in a time where we are facing a climate and a biodiversity crisis. Changing to healthier landscaping practices might be one of the easiest and most gratifying changes you can make. It might even save you money. So if you didn't do so already, please give it a thought.
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Hope. An excellent feeling. Lift your spirits here. YOU can do it too. Thanks Elana!
This is so inspiring. www.nj.com/news/2019/10/city-turns-backyards-into-wildlife-havens-for-native-nj-plants-and-animal...
City turns backyards into wildlife havens for native N.J. plants and animals
Lambertville has been recognized as a “certified community wildlife habitat” by the National Wildlife Federation.When science is available, why do we not act on it?
Survival by Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink
Audubon scientists took advantage of 140 million observations, recorded by birders and scientists, to describe where 604 North American bird species live today—an area known as their “range.” They then used the latest climate models to project how each species’s range will shift as climate c...Yes, THIS is what you should be doing. Dig up those non-native plants that give nothing to the ecosystem and plant native. The world will appreciate your effort.
Bird-friendly Plants and Top Gardening Tips for Fall
How can you attract birds to your yard this fall? Check out our top tips for gardening with bird-friendly plants and other ways to help birds.Bearberry grows on our dunes in full sun and in our dry upland woods in partial shade. One tough perennial/shrub or sub shrub. Love their tiny spink blossoms in spring and fall red berries.An Autumn Walk through Meadow and Forest
Learning to identify the plants that grow in varied conditions opens a new way of observing and understanding the natural world. This field study begins at the last working farm in Winchester, MA, and ranges through meadows and meadow edges, ponds and pond edges, an upland forest, and the highest point in Lexington, where we encounter pitch pine, scrub oak, and bearberry. Hone skills in plant identification and soak up natural history in these diverse habitats. Friday, October 18, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at Wright-Locke Farm, Winchester, MA.
Photo: Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) with fruit, © William Cullina