Natural History. Stewardship. Sustainability.
Native Plant Landscaping
Native plant landscaping is important! It is true that planting petunias offers us beauty and growing tomatos provides us with food, but we at HNC are striving for a loftier purpose for our landscape: to invite wildlife in. If we plant native plants, we have a better chance of attracting native insects and therefore, the birds, turtles, fish, mammals and other animals up the food chain which these insects support.
Our fight against invasive species and our work fostering the growth of native plants is off and running. So join us in our quest to promote native plant landscaping by volunteering in the garden, attending our annual Habitat Here! festival, and doing what you can to make your yard a haven for native plants and animals.
HNC projects related to native plant landscaping:
- Butterfly and hummingbird garden
- Water garden
- Deer exclosure
- Tansy and buckthorn removal
- Thinning of red pine plantation
Come work with us and learn with us. You can help us make good examples, and we can help you see what you may want to do in your own yard. This can be important and far-reaching if we work together.
