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There is always more to learn about naturescaping and native gardening!
In-person or ongoing opportunities
In-person or ongoing opportunities
Partners for Native Landscaping is developed by Bring Conservation Home and other partnering organizations. It presents educational events about native landscaping each year in spring.
Missouri Botanical Garden (especially the Native Plant School series from the Shaw Nature Reserve)
Grow Native! hosts regular webinars about native plants.
Missouri Department of Conservation’s nature centers at nearby places like Powder Valley in Kirkwood and the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles Events | Missouri Department of Conservation.
St. Louis Community College Horticulture Program at the Meramec campus offers short classes of interest through its Continuing Education program. There is even a Master Naturalist curriculum that includes both credit and non-credit classes.
The St. Louis chapter of Wild Ones is the country’s largest and most active chapter of this native plant organization. Monthly meetings are often tours of members’ yards. Becoming a member is an excellent way to learn more about native plants, see native plant gardens on a regular basis, talk with knowledgeable gardeners, and share plants.
Books
Books
Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy: The “why” book which provides important background on the critical importance of landscaping with native plants.
Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy: A call to action especially suitable for helping inspire others to follow in your footsteps.
Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People by BCH co-founder Dave Tylka: This is the only “how to” native landscaping book for the Missouri/Illinois region. No longer in print, but available used.
Tried and True: Missouri Native Plants for Your Yard by the Missouri Department of Conservation: A shorter, beginner version of the Tylka book and can be purchased at Powder Valley Nature Center in Kirkwood for $7.00.
Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes can be a Source of Environmental Change by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher: An important book about native plant landscaping that bridges the gap between gardening and ecology.
Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm: A comprehensive book illustrating the specific relationships between native pollinators, beneficial insects, and native plants.
The Wildflower Garden Planner by former BCH Habitat Advisor Besa Schweitzer: An interactive guidebook to native landscaping in Missouri intended for beginning and intermediate gardeners or experienced gardeners new to native plants.
Grow Native! List of Books, Articles and Publications
Videos
Videos
Why The Rush? The Solution to the Biodiversity Crisis from Homegrown National Park
Partners in Native Landscaping Series from practitioners and researchers in the St. Louis region
Native Garden Webinars and Tutorials from Grow Native
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