Ready to design your sustainable, ecofriendly, native plant garden? There's simply not enough information out there on how to create a wildlife habitat that's ALSO beautiful to people, especially for beginners. With these 9 documents you'll learn what to research -- which is far different than traditional horticulture and garden design -- and then (in conjunction with our 15 pocket guides) how to put it all together into a starter garden.

These printables will help you:

1) Plan for plant succession
2) Select resilient plants that work together as a community
3) Search for plants with the right behaviors for your site
4) Create an action plan for install and planting
5) Develop a garden blueprint based on natural layers

So get planning your native plant garden to support bees, butterflies, birds, and more. This suite of high-quality, printable documents can be used to help you explore plants in depth and in ways that will lead you to more success than relying on an ordinary plant tag at the nursery.

Ready to prairie up and unlawn America?

These guides were created by Benjamin Vogt, owner of Monarch Gardens LLC, a prairie-inspired design firm. He is the author of the best-selling books A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future, and Prairie Up: And Introduction to Natural Garden Design. Benjamin speaks nationally on native plant garden design and has been featured in such publications as Dwell, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Midwest Living, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

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