Resources

Favorite Reads

• Bringing Nature Home     Douglas W. Tallamy

• Planting in a Post-Wild World   Tomas Rainer and Claudia West

Educational Resources

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

• Missouri Botanical Garden

• Morton Arboretum

• VPlants - Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region

• Chicago Botanic Garden

Animals / Insects / and More

• University of Illinois Extension Living with Wildlife in Illinois

• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - Living with Wildlife

• WestCook Wildones - A Guide to Butterfly Gardening in the Chicago Region

• Xerces Society - Pollinator Conservation

Best Plant ID

• Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of Illinois

• Missouri Botanical Garden (Great Photos)

• Missouri Prairie Foundation - Native Plant Database

• Natural Resources Conservation Service - Seeding ID Guide

Native Ecosystems

• Oak Savannas

• The Tallgrass Prairie of Illinois

• Illinois Wildflowers

Water

• United States Drought Monitor

• Rain Garden Network

• Wetlands - Illinois DNR

Where to Buy

• Natural Garden Natives (Plants and Plugs)

• Plant Native (Seedlings)

Weeds

• Weed Identification and Control Library

Fun Local Finds

• Morton Arboretum

• Chicago Botanic Garden

• Cantigny Park