Native Plant and Habitat Gardening
Information Resources
Kim Strader – Naturing Way LLC
Email: naturingway@gmail.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/NaturingWay
Native Plants:
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Native Plant Center
- Plant Ridge and Valley Natives. Available in print version through Virginia Native Plant Society.
- https://storage.googleapis.com/vnps-public/PlantRidge%26ValleyNativesDigitalsmall-C.pdf
- Virginia Native Plant Society list of nurseries that specialize in native plants
- http://vnps.org/conservation/plant-nurseries/
Wildlife:
- Holm, Heather – author of bee and pollinator books https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/
- Lawson, Nancy – author of The Humane Gardener and website https://www.humanegardener.com/
- Northern Virginia Wildlife Gardening Database https://www.novawildlifegarden.net/
Based on Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (www.loudounwildife.org) published guidebook Planting for Wildlife in Northern Virginia - Tallamy, Doug – All of his books, resources, and projects are excellent
Invasive Plants:
- Blue Ridge PRISM – Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management https://blueridgeprism.org/
- Plant Invaders of the Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas Field Guide. Also available in print version.
www.invasive.org/midatlantic/fieldguide/
There’s a Native Plant for That!
Gardening in Challenging Conditions
Kim Strader – Naturing Way LLC
Click here to open handout with lists of Virginia Native Plants for:
- Dry Shade Under Trees
- Full Sun, Compacted Soil
- Moist Shade
- Moist Sun