Helpful Links

Lists of native plants:
SNAD planting lists, NYC Zoning Resolution Article X, Chapter 5, Appendices C, D, and E,  NYC Department of City Planning – www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/zone/art10c05.pdf

Gardening with New York City Native Plants, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Natural Resources Group, downloadable at: http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/nrg/documents/Native_Plant_Gardening.pdf

Drosera, Brooklyn, NY: www.drosera-x.com

Sources of native plants:
Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College: www.nativeplantcenter.org
Native seed network: www.nativeseednetwork.org

Sources of sustainable garden services:
Grassroots Healthy Lawn Program: www.ghlp.org

General guidelines:

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens.  Douglas W. Tallamy. Timber Press, 2007 (also includes extensive plant lists)
Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat that is recognized by the National Wildlife Federation – www.nwf.org/backyard
How to Get Wild in Your Garden, Natural Resources Defense Council – www.onearth.org/article/how-to-get-wild-in-your-garden
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin – www.wildflower.org
Riverdale Nature Preservancy – www.riverdalenature.org/living-green.html
 

This is part of the August 21, 2008 online edition of The Riverdale Press.

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