How to use native plants in your edible garden and landscaping to bring more beauty and health to your yard.

This event is online. You will receive a link via email to join the live webinar!

We often get asked if it’s okay to grow natives with edibles, and the answer is yes, as that’s what many of us are implementing with great success. In fact, on a larger scale, many farmers are beginning to experiment with incorporating insectaries, or planting strips, mostly filled with native plants as part of their farming practices. With these these strips, farmers find they need to use less pesticides and their crops are more productive.

Native plants sustain the web of life in your garden

• Native plants host larvae, insects and other beneficial organisms that help sustain the web of life.

• Milkweed creates habitat for monarchs to lay their eggs and provide nectar

• Native plants that evolved in this climate use fewer resources

• Birds help pollinate native plants, disperse their seed and eat insect pests.

• Native plants help reduce flooding water by absorbing more water than traditional lawns.

• Native plants provide food and shelter to a variety of birds.

• Native plants can improve water quality