planting seed just by spreading it. Making Habitat at Home: Native Plants for the Northeast – Wild Seed Project

planting seed just by spreading it. Making Habitat at Home: Native Plants for the Northeast – Wild Seed ProjectChange begins at our doorstep. By cultivating landscapes with dependable shade, food, water, and cover, our modest garden spaces transform into mini refuges for wildlife navigating the climate crisis now and in the years to come. Every porch, yard, and pasture represents a potential stepping stone of quality habitat that stitches together fragments extending well beyond a single neighborhood. In this way, individual acts of gardening become a

Change begins at our doorstep. By cultivating landscapes with dependable shade, food, water, and cover, our modest garden spaces transform into mini-refuges for wildlife navigating the climate crisis now and in the years to come. Every porch, yard, and pasture represents a potential stepping stone of quality habitat that stitches together fragments extending well beyond a single neighborhood.

In this way, individual acts of gardening become a collective practice. Together, we can build a more resilient future and reconnect with the wonder of our local ecosystems along the way. 

What’s Inside:

• Guidance on gardening practices that build and safeguard habitat 
• Contributed essays on the many ways that stewarding habitat helps connect people, plants, and place
• Profiles of 52 native plants species and six habitat-building plant communities

Artwork by Goda Trakumaite.

This project is supported by:

• Larkspur Design
• The Monarch Gardener
• Paul Blouin Mazda
• Piper Shores

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