Re-Wilding our Yards: Earth Day Resources

Earth Day resources shared during our worship service:

Doug Tallamy, Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2019. (Available in hard-cover, paperback and Kindle formats) 
And this website, which concentrates on plants native to southeastern PA, where Tallamy lives: http://backyardsfornature.org/?tag=doug-tallamy

https://www.audubon.org/native-plants/search?zipcode=06443. Plants native to the area from the Audubon Society (with Madison zip code already plugged in!)

Pollinator-friendly native plant lists, already set for the Northeast: https://xerces.org/publications/plant-lists/pollinator-plants-northeast-region

From the National Wildlife Federation: https://www.nwf.org/nativeplantfinder/about

Menunkatuck Audubon Society: https://menunkatuck.org/ Hosts native plant sales, among many other things.

https://thegardendiaries.blog/2021/01/14/top-10-ways-to-rewild-your-garden/ Also based in southeastern PA/Delaware, it has handy tips that pertain to the CT yard as well.

https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/ and, on Facebook, the Madison Pollinator Pathway group.

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