Native Plants
This page provides resources for people interested in replacing traditional their grass lawns or landscaping with native plants. This is something you can do individually to made a difference. You will find educational materials explaining why and how to make the transition, including a curated collection of videos, podcasts, and websites.
"Rewilding part of your lawn"
4 min video, Today Show - 5/14/25
demonstration of how to rewild a part of your lawn, guests are Joanna Hall and Murray Fisher from Plan It Wild, with Q&A - click on image to go to YouTube video
"The Era of the American Lawn is Over"
10 minute read - an author from New York state moves to Britain (Scotland) and learns to love the "no-mow" landscaping approach -- New York Times - Opinion piece - Aug. 3, 2025 - by Ken Ilgunas
- click on image to read PDF
"Less Lawn - More Life" Challenge
Home of a 12-week guided challenge to transform part of your lawn into a native plant garden; led by experts, proceed step-by-step, join any time, based on your location...introduced by Doug Tallamy, hosted by Plan it Wild... (click on image).
Homegrown National Park
… LOTS of resources on how to plant native, including names and photos of native plants by state and region, links to vendors of seeds and plants, and guides to "keystone" plants for your region. Photos, written explanations, guides and more!
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Wikipedia article on: Douglas Tallamy
Plan it Wild
Plan it Wild provides "re-wilding services" both in person (in NY and CT) and online (nationwide). Their ethos: "transformation begins in our own backyards." There are 44 million acres of privately owned lawns that are candidates for change. Click on image for link.
Allan Savory - 2013 - TED Talk
How to reverse the "desert-ification" of our planet;
Allan Savory from Zimbabwe, is an expert on land use - 22-minute talk - click on image to go to link
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Wikipedia article on: > Allan Savory
Allan Savory - 2017 - TED follow up
Q&A follow-up to his 2013 TED talk, asking Allan Savory questions about his earlier TED talk and the reactions to it. 6 minutes - Feb 2017
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more info on: the Savory Institute