NATIVE PLANTS & GARDENS
You can find lots of useful information about native plants online – where to shop for them, how to plant environmentally friendly and pollinator-friendly gardens, which species are deer-resistant, and what kinds of conditions help each of them to thrive. Here are some great resources to help get you started with your own garden.
The Chesapeake Bay Native Plant Center (http://www.nativeplantcenter.net)
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The Maryland Native Plant Society (https://mdflora.org)
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Maryland National Capitol Parks & Planning Commission: Montgomery Parks
(https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/cabin-john-regional-park/locust-grove-nature-center/native-plant-sale-at-locust-grove-nature-center)
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The Maryland Biodiversity Project (www.marylandbiodiversity.com)
The Biodiversity Project is a nonprofit whose mission is to catalog all living things in Maryland, and so far they've documented 19,000 of them, with photos of 11,000.
The Biodiversity Project is a nonprofit whose mission is to catalog all living things in Maryland, and so far they've documented 19,000 of them, with photos of 11,000.