Renew, Restore, Rewild
Making Space for Nature
Creating healthy and resilient neighborhood ecosystems
“Because food for all animals starts with the energy harnessed by plants, the plants we grow in our gardens have the critical role of sustaining, directly or indirectly, all of the animals with which we share our living spaces.”
– Doug Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home
Tools and Downloads
Native Plant Flowering Times
An interactive tool to explore the flowering times and bloom colors of native plants in the Northern Piedmont ecoregion (Please note: the tool takes a while to load; we are working to make data extraction more efficient.)
Educational Signs
Signs can help educate neighbors and visitors about the importance of native plants and low-maintenance landscapes for supporting pollinators, birds, and healthy ecosystems.
Links to Resources
There are great tools and resources available for learning more about native plants in the Mid-Atlantic and their use in multiple contexts, including our gardens, parks, and even along our streets and highways.
Where to buy native plants?
There are excellent native plant nurseries in the DC metropolitan area, as well as online sources for native plants and seeds. Hopefully native plant sale events will resume in 2021 as well!
