Native Plants & food Production

Access the following article for an explanation on why cultivating native plants is beneficial to human health, wildlife, and the environment: https://www.audubon.org/content/why-native-plants-matter#:~:text=Native%20plants%20provide%20nectar%20for,for%20all%20forms%20of%20wildlife.

Access the following link for the Wild Seed Project website, which provides a list of the native plants of Maine and a shop to buy ethically-sourced, hand collected and organically grown native seeds: https://wildseedproject.net/category/plant-profiles/

Access this article written by Laura Wilson and Mary Wicklund about the benefits of adding a rain garden to your yard, including preventing runoff pollution, improving water quality, a minor abatement of localized flooding, and making lawns beautiful: https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/2702e/