{"id":64,"date":"2026-07-21T01:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:13:45","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Gardener&#8217;s Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region<\/em> by Rick Gray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants <\/em> by Heather Holm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Garden for the Rusty Patched Bumblebee<\/em> by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Concrete Botany <\/em>by Joey Santore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Light Eaters <\/em>by Zo\u00eb Schlanger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have To Do Is Ask<\/em> by Mary Siisip Geniusz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Finding the Mother Tree<\/em>, and <em>When the Forest Breathes <\/em>by Suzanne Simard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Bringing Nature Home<\/em>, <em>The Living Landscape<\/em>, and <em>Nature&#8217;s Best Hope<\/em> by Doug Tallamy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Serviceberry<\/em>, <em>Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em>, and <em>Gathering Moss<\/em> by Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended websites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Butterflies and Moths of North America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/\">https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian Wildlife Federation <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/assets\/CertificationApplicationForm_en.pdf\">https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/assets\/CertificationApplicationForm_en.pdf<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heather Holm&#8217;s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com\">http:\/\/www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minnesota Wildflowers (many natives shared with Ontario) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnesotawildflowers.info\/\">https:\/\/www.minnesotawildflowers.info\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monarch Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/monarchwatch.org\">monarchwatch.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Native Plant Trust <a href=\"https:\/\/plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org\/\">https:\/\/plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library Youtube for sowing native plants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTeCEgkqHLQHvEIKcdL4RLA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTeCEgkqHLQHvEIKcdL4RLA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pollination Guelph <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pollinationguelph.ca\/\">https:\/\/www.pollinationguelph.ca\/<\/a> has great resources on caring for a native plant garden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pollinator Pathway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pollinator-pathway.org\/map\">https:\/\/www.pollinator-pathway.org\/map<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rick Gray\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/nativeplantgardener.ca\/\">https:\/\/nativeplantgardener.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ontario native plant nurseries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prairie Song, Port Rowan ON,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prairiesongnursery\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prairiesongnursery\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Claremont, Pickering ON, <a href=\"https:\/\/nativeplants.ca\/\">https:\/\/nativeplants.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ontario Native Plants, Hamilton ON, <a href=\"https:\/\/onplants.ca\/\">https:\/\/onplants.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Wildflowers (seeds only), Sudbury ON, <a href=\"https:\/\/northernwildflowers.ca\/\">https:\/\/northernwildflowers.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library (seeds, free), Ottawa ON, <a href=\"https:\/\/wildflowerseedlibrary.ca\/\">https:\/\/wildflowerseedlibrary.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guelph Seed Library (seeds, free), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GuelphSeedLibrary\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/GuelphSeedLibrary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizations to support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bruce Trail Conservancy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credit Valley Conservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Suzuki Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finch Research Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homegrown National Parks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nature Guelph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ontario Nature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ontario Provincial Parks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parks Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wildlife Federation of Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wild Ones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-116 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250725_182721-768x1024.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20250725_182721-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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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 books Recommended websites Ontario native plant nurseries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnerblue.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}