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Planting for Biodiversity

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Additional Resources

Nurseries and Seed Sources for Native Plants: 

CLICK HERE for the List

Videos & Films

 

‘Beneficial and Beautiful Native Trees and Shrubs’ with Tim Kennelty.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County. 2/19/21. 1:15:43

https://youtu.be/P50vC3B-lRA

 

‘Gifts of the Land: A Guided Nature Tour with Robin Wall Kimmerer’

The Commons of the University of Kansas.  3/25/21. 20:48

https://youtu.be/OxJUFGlPYn4

 

‘Introducing Live from Carl Schurz Park’ with Diantha Schull

Carl Schurz Park Conservancy. 3/22/21. 5:11

https://youtu.be/HC8H5x2QY54

 

Organizations & Websites

 

Ecological Landscape Alliance

https://www.ecolandscaping.org/about/

 

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

https://www.wildflower.org/

 

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

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/visual-guides/adding-biodiversity-to-your-garden

 

Biocubes: Exploring biodiversity. 

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/biocubes-exploring-biodiversity

 

Creating a Pollinator Garden

Pollinator Partnership

https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/How-to-Build-a-Pollinator-Garden_170624_114543.pdf

 

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. 


 

 

 

  

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