Resources

Here are some resources that we find valuable.

Invasive Plants in Massachusetts (Mass. Audubon)

From the Sudbury Valley Trustees - The Bumble Bee Project

From the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society - How to Grow Hydrangeas Successfully

From the Pollinator Pathway - How to Establish Pollinator-Friendly Habitats and Food Sources for Bees, Butterflies and Birds

From the National Wildlife Federation - How to Certify Your Habitat

From the Koch Blog - Alternatives to Floral Foam

A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting native plants in landscapes and habitats.

https://grownativemass.org/  

Chatham's primary non-profit protecting and promoting conservation areas in Chatham, MA.

https://www.chathamconservationfoundation.org/  

Websites with information on planting with natives and/or identifying native species:

• Cape Cod Native Plants | By APPC     

• https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/Plants
• https://plants.sc.eg
• ov.usda.gov/java/
• https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx
• https://uswildflowers.com/
• https://www.dantjaffe.com/useful-plant-lists
  
  Conservation-Themed Books for Children
•  Tree: A Peek-Through Board Book, 2016 by BrittaTeckentrup   ages: 3 months-3 years
• Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, 2017 by Oliver Jeffers   ages: 3-6
• Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic, 2021 by Leonora Todaro  ages: 4-8
• Maple and Rosemary, 2023 by Alison James  ages 4-8
• Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge, 2023 by Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay  ages: 8-12
• Timelines of Nature: From Mountains and Glaciers to Mayflies and Marsupials, 2023 by DK Children's Encyclopedia  ages: 9-12
• Plasticus-Maritus: An Invasive Species, 2021 by Ana Pego and Isabel Minhos Martins  ages: 12-18
  
  Garden-Themed Books for Children
• Planting a Rainbow by Ehlert, Lois  ages: 1-4
• Up, Down, and Around Big Book by Ayres, Katherine  ages: 2-5 
• What's Inside A Flower? by Ignotofsky, Rachel  ages: 3-8
• Let's Get Gardening by DK  ages: 5-8
• Gardening Lab for Kids: 52 Fun Experiments to Learn, Grow, Harvest, Make, Play, and Enjoy Your Garden (Volume 24)  by Brown, Renata  ages: 7-10
  
  Recommended for Increasing Native Plants in Landscapes
• Tallamy, Doug  Bringing Nature Home (contains lists of plants and the numbers of insects which feed on them)
• Weaner and Christopher Garden Revolution: How our landscapes can be a source of environmental change
• Rainer and West Planting in a Post-Wild World