​WHAT IS REWILDING?

Rewilding means adding more nature; native plants, insects, birds and even mammals to our urban neighborhood. It’s good for the planet and great for our souls!



WHY NATIVE PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT

Having evolved here, native plants excel in our environment and provide food and homes for far more of our native insects, birds and critters than typical nursery plants. Some native plants, called keystone plants, can host over 200 different species! You can have a BIG impact on your yard and neighborhood by gardening just a bit differently or helping to add native plants to our public spaces.

FIVE EASY THINGS YOU CAN DO TO REWILD

1. Plant native plants

   Use our resources to find plants and seeds for your yard or space.

2. Provide homes for nature
   Pollinators and insects (which birds eat) need places to nest. Leaving bare dirt patches can give bees places to nest and keeping things like dead branches or fallen leaves under your trees provides both free mulch and homes for insects, birds and small mammals.

3. Avoid pesticides
   Pesticides poison not only beneficial pollinators and insects, but pollute waterways and harm animals and birds who come into contact with them. See our resources list for other options.

4. Convert some lawn to native plants
   Lawns offer very few resources to wildlife while consuming vast amounts of water, fertilizer and pesticides. Perhaps you can convert a bit of your lawn to native plants and turn part of your yard into a little park.

5. Join us and spread the word!
   We’ve begun replanting our own yards, have started a demonstration native turning circle, are adding bird houses and more. Join your neighbors in adding nature!