Native Plant and Pollinator Resources

Check out our list of resources below. Please suggest any more to info@wellesleyconservationcouncil.org. Thanks!

Problems with Invasive Shrubs: Identify, Remove, Replace

with Cricket Vlass, Horticulturist and Landscape Planner, Town of Wellesley

Downloadable reference handout of native alternatives here.
Downloadable handout of the slides here.


​Recommended reading list from our friends at Weston Plant Pollinator Alliance.

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Wellesley Town Pollinate Wellesley
Wellesley’s Pollinator Gardens and Other Resources
Pollinator Pathways website
Sustainable Weston’s Make Way for Pollinator’s Action Guide
The National Wildlife Foundation: Native plant finder–ranked by the number of butterfly and moth species that use them for host plants.
Leave the Leaves!” – Wild Seed Project
Top Native Plant Choices for Low Maintenance – Amanda Sloan, Raingarden Design Studiosynta@comcast.net

Part 1 – Creating Living Landscapes to Restore Nature’s Relationships

Presentation by Doug Tallamy. Q&A by Prof Heather Mattila and Raina McManus

​Doug Tallamy 2017 Presentation


Part 2 – Designing a Native Plant Garden

Presentation by Amanda Sloan, Raingarden Design Studio, email: synta@comcast.net 
Link to handout: Top Native Plant Choices for Low Maintenance

Part 3 – Rethinking Yard Care: How to Do More with Less Work

Anna Fialkoff, Wild Seed Project, anna@wildseedproject.netWildSeedProject.net
George Carrette, EcoQuiet Lawn Care, Concord, MAgcarrette@ecoquietlawncare.comecoquietlawncare.com

Links:
Rethinking Yard Care – Anna Fialkoff Slides
Do More with Less Work – George Carrette Slide
Eco Landscaping
Grow Native Mass Nurseries and Seeds
Wild Seed Project’s “Leave the leaves”