Resources to get your garden started
The good people at Prairie Nursery provide a substantial number of resources to help get your garden started. Here is a sample of documents to download.
Beyond the Birdfeeder: Creating a Bird-Friendly Yard with Native Wisconsin Plants
By Mariette Nowak for the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Inc
Download this comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about attracting birds to your property. Provided by the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and Save Our Songbirds.
Flyers to share
Feel free to download these items and share them with friends, family, or anyone who may be interested.
Wild Ones Wild for Monarchs flyer
This tri-fold brochure details why people should join Wild Ones and promotes native plants for Monarch butterflies.
Thank you for your garden flyer
Members are encouraged to share this flyer with anyone in their neighborhoods who have native plants.
Seed libraries
Members who want to spread their impact should consider building a seed library for their home, school, work or place of worship. A seed library is a way to share native seeds that functions similarly to a Little Free Library. They’re fully customizable to your preferred dimensions with a few basic guidelines and can be modified to include info sheets about native species, planting guides, etc. Reach out to [email protected] if you have questions.
Chapter library
Our chapter maintains a library of books and other publications that can help you plan or support your native gardens and the creatures that visit. Contact Deb Ciszewski for a complete listing or stop in at our next meeting.
Here are some of the books available for members to check out.
Birdscaping in the Midwest
Mariette Nowak
Butterflies & Moths
Robert Mitchell & Herbert Zim
How to Manage Your Land to Help Birds
Piaskowski, Williams, Boese, and Brookmire
Native Prairie Grasses for Landscaping
Randy Powers & Alysia Condon-Jacobs
Rooted in Wild Places
Jane Wester
The Living Landscape
Rick Darke & Doug Tallamy
Bringing Nature Home
Douglas Tallamy
Common Butterflies of Wisconsin with Native Host and Nectar Plants
Randy Powers
Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest
Elizabeth Czarapata
Raising Butterflies in the Garden
Brenda Dziedzic
The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants
Neil Diboll & Hilary Cox