For education-related questions email [email protected]
2021 Wild Ones River City – Michigan Native Plant Vendor List pdf
2021 Michigan Commercial Native Plant/Seed Providers
2021 Wild Ones River City Programs list pdf
EDUCATIONAL LINKS
Follow the links below to find out more about your favorite native Michigan plants and related topics and also a list of Michigan native vendors. Some are downloadable PDFs.
Gardening-for-Life-Doug-Tallamy
Getting Started with Native Plants
How Invasive and Exotic Shrubs Affect Breeding Birds 2012-article-from-Birding-magazine.pdf
Wild Ones Native Garden Design Booklet
Great Lakes Tree Planting Guide pdf
BOOK LIST
WORC Chapter’s Recommended Resources
An in-depth book list compiled by the WORC Chapter Education Committee that includes:
• a description of each book
• beginner or advanced level
• number of copies at Grand Rapids Public Library
• number of copies at Kent District Library
• download site/comments
VIDEOS
We have an extensive list of recorded webinar programs. View our video page.
PLANT LISTS
Native Shrubs and Trees for Backyard Biodiversity
50 Plant Species Common to southern Lower Michigan (a starting point)
To read or download articles about specific species click here.
SPRING EPHEMERALS
Virginia Bluebells, (Mertensia virginica)
Aman Park
Aman Park Images photo presentation of Spring ephemerals in the park
Guided Tour of Aman Park by William Martinus, botanist
Natural Features Inventory of Aman Park
History of Aman Park
by Kayne Ferrier, WORC Program Committee and retired librarian,
Grand Rapids Public Library
Hudsonville Nature Center
Hudsonville Nature Center Virtual Spring Ephemeral Hikes
videos by Craig Elston, Naturalist, Hudsonville Nature Center
Michigan Spring Woodland Wildflowers
SOURCING
- 2021 Wild Ones River City – Michigan Native Plant Vendor List pdf
- Cold Stream Farm
- Native Plant Guild
- Plaster Creek Stewards
NATIVE PLANT FINDERS
Audubon Native Plant Finder (enter zip code to do a search of native plants in your area and the birds attracted to them)
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (BETA) (enter zip code to do a search of native plants and the butterflies attracted to them based on the research of Dr. Doug Tallamy)
PRAIRIE SEEDLING GUIDES
Prairie Seedling and Seeding Evaluation Guide
Central Region Seedling ID guide for Native Prairie Plants
PLANTING
Ten Steps to Successful Wildflower Planting
Could you please tell me what native plants I can plant on the drain field?- MSU Extension
How to tastefully prairie a small garden bed.
WILDLIFE HABITAT
Creating a Wildlife Habitat in Your Backyard
NATIVARS (cultivars of natives)
Nativars-Statement from National Wild Ones
Wild Ones Journal Best of 2017 Yogurts Lessons on Nativars
How Effective are Nativars? video with Doug Tallamy
INSECTS & POLLINATION
Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants
Plant Fact Sheets also with Attractiveness to Insects
Monarch-Butterflies-Eastern-US-brochure
The Mystery of Milkweed Pollination by Dana Visalli
IDENTIFICATION
VIEWING
Aman Park- Blandford Nature Center
- Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve
- FS Wildflower Viewing Areas Michigan
- Hudsonville Nature Center
- Pierce Cedar Creek Institute
- Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve
- The Highlands – Grand Rapids
- Wittenback Wege Center – Lowell
OUTREACH
- John Marshall Law Review – The Land Ethic
- Michigan Invasive Species Coalition
- The Stewardship Network
- Midwest Invasive Plant Network
- Kent Conservation District
- Land Conservancy of West Michigan
- Groundswell
- Michigan Botanical Club
- National Wildlife Federation Certification
- West Michigan Conservation Network
- West Michigan Environmental Action Council
- North American Native Plant Society
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)
