Native Plant Gardening

When planning a native shade garden, use the natural structure of a forest as your guide.

Over many years, this project has worked to reclaim abandoned gardens and supplement the efforts of Senior Center volunteer gardeners. The Master Gardener team and local volunteers have recovered the land from succession, controlled the weeds and brambles, found many original plantings, and added native flowers and trees.

Recommended native plants for a shady slope.

Basic guidelines for making a native meadow in a residential landscape.

Is it good or bad to use cultivars of native plants ("nativars") in a garden? Here we answer common questions and misperceptions about cultivars of native plants.