Planting for Biodiversity
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Additional Resources
Videos & Films
‘Beneficial and Beautiful Native Trees and Shrubs’ with Tim Kennelty.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County. 2/19/21. 1:15:43
‘Gifts of the Land: A Guided Nature Tour with Robin Wall Kimmerer’
The Commons of the University of Kansas. 3/25/21. 20:48
‘Introducing Live from Carl Schurz Park’ with Diantha Schull
Carl Schurz Park Conservancy. 3/22/21. 5:11
Organizations & Websites
Ecological Landscape Alliance
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/about/
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The Native Plant Center, Westchester Community College
https://www.sunywcc.edu/about/npc/
Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wild Flower Society)
http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/
Educational Resources
Adding Biodiversity to Your Garden.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Biocubes: Exploring biodiversity.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Creating a Pollinator Garden
Pollinator Partnership
Habitat Protection.
NYC Audubon
https://www.nycaudubon.org/our-work/conservation/habitat-protection/
How to Help Biodiversity?
American Museum of Natural History
https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/how-to-help-biodiversity2
Spruce Up the Garden and Attract and Protect Birds With Native Plants.
New York Audubon. 4/2/19
https://ny.audubon.org/news/spruce-garden—and-attract-and-protect-birds-native-plants/
What is Biodiversity?
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/what-biodiversity
Articles & Reports
Why is Biodiversity Important by Julie Shaw.
Conservation International Blog. Updated 5/17/21
https://www.conservation.org/blog/why-is-biodiversity-important
Books
Eierman, Kim. The Pollinator Victory Garden.
Quarto Publishing. 2020.
Leopold, Donald J. Native Plants of the Northeast: A Guide for Gardening and Conservation.
Timber Press, Ltd. 2005.
Summers, Carolyn. Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East.
Rutgers University Press. 2010
Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
Timber Press, Inc. 2009, updated and expanded 2020.
Tallamy, Douglas W. Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard.
Timber Press. 2020.