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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

Town of Wellesley's Horticulturist and Landscape Planner
View recording on Youtube above (1hr 15min)
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
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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!"wildseedproject.net/2020/12/leave-the-leaves/ - Wild Seed Project
Top Native Plant Choices for Low Maintenance - Amanda Sloan, Raingarden Design Studio, synta@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.net, WildSeedProject.net 
George Carrette, EcoQuiet Lawn Care, Concord, MA, gcarrette@ecoquietlawncare.com, ecoquietlawncare.com

Links:
Rethinking Yard Care - Anna Fialkoff Slides
Do More with Less Wordrive.google.com/file/d/1xy3esePPna11BMxU5Cf5Im0Zv8dsV1ey/view?usp=sharingk - George Carrette Slide

https://www.ecolandscaping.org/ 
www.grownativemass.org/Great-Resources/nurseries-seed
Pledge to Rewild: https://wildseedproject.net/pledge-to-rewild/
https://wildseedproject.net/?s=leave+the+leaves
 P.O. Box 81129  •  Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
info@WellesleyLandTrust.org  •  Phone: 781-591-7020
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