Resources

Here are some excellent resources to start learning about native plants, pollinators, and better connecting with the land we call home. Many wonderful and dedicated folks are hard at work preserving, restoring, and educating us about our critical native ecosystems. Below are just a few of them.

Recommended book

  • The Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region by Rick Gray
  • Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants by Heather Holm
  • A Garden for the Rusty Patched Bumblebee by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla
  • Concrete Botany by Joey Santore
  • The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
  • Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have To Do Is Ask by Mary Siisip Geniusz
  • Finding the Mother Tree, and When the Forest Breathes by Suzanne Simard
  • Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, and Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
  • The Serviceberry, Braiding Sweetgrass, and Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Recommended Websites

Ontario Native Plant Nurseries

Organizations to Support

  • Bruce Trail Conservancy
  • Credit Valley Conservation
  • David Suzuki Foundation
  • Finch Research Network
  • Homegrown National Parks
  • Nature Guelph
  • Ontario Nature
  • Ontario Provincial Parks
  • Parks Canada
  • Wildlife Federation of Canada
  • Wild Ones