Topics of Interest
Native Cultivars VS Straight Species:
Community
Native Plant Lists
Persons of Interest
Recommended Reading
Essays:
Native Cultivars VS Straight Species:
- http://www.ecobeneficial.com/2014/04/native-cultivars-vs-native-plants/
- https://www.prairiemoon.com/cultivars.html
- http://www.humanegardener.com/
- A brief history of cottage gardens: http://www.cottage-garden.org/history.htm
- A more extensive history of cottage gardens, with photos: http://www.discoverbritainmag.com/english_cottage_gardens_1_3102852/
- More about cottage gardens: http://www.english-cottage-lifestyle.com/english-cottage-gardens.html
- Felder Rushing on Southern cottage gardens: https://www.felderrushing.net/SelectedArticles.htm
- Piedmont NC pollinator conservation info: https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms-pollinatorconservation/
- A plethora of great how-to articles on gardening with natives: https://www.monarchgard.com/articles.html
- Southern Heirloom Vegetables: http://www.digitalussouth.org/vegetable/
- Southeastern Grasslands Initiative, concerning conservation of our critically endangered Eastern grasslands: https://www.segrasslands.org
- How to properly establish a meadow: http://lweanerassociates.com/
- Establishing a meadow in the Piedmont region: http://piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/meadow-gardening/
Community
- Wake County Audubon Society: http://wakeaudubon.org/
- NC Native Plant Society: http://ncwildflower.org
- NC Pollinator Conservation Alliance: http://ncpollinatoralliance.org/home/
- Gardeners of Wake County: http://www.gardenersofwakecounty.org/index.html
- Wake County Master Gardeners: http://www.ncstategardening.org/extension_master_gardener/wake/index_county
- Triangle Fruit and Nut Growers: http://trianglefruitandnutgrowers.weebly.com
- Wildlands Network Red Wolf Campaign: https://wildlandsnetwork.org/campaigns/red-wolves/
- Wild South Wilderness Advocacy: http://wildsouth.org/home/get-involved/
- NC Wildlife Federation local chapters: https://ncwf.org/ncwf-chapters/
Native Plant Lists
- http://www.bringingnaturehome.net/what-to-plant.html
- http://www.audubon.org/native-plants
- https://www.wildflower.org/plants/
- https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/landscaping-for-wildlife-with-native-plants
- http://www.ncwildflower.org/native_plants/recommendations
- http://vnps.org/wildflowers-of-the-year/
- http://ncbg.unc.edu/uploads/files/NativePlantsWoody.pdf
- https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Top-25-Plants1.pdf?fwd=no
Persons of Interest
- Doug Tallamy (native gardening): http://www.bringingnaturehome.net/
- Robin Wall Kimmerer (humans' relationship to nature): https://www.esf.edu/faculty/kimmerer/
- Wendell Berry (ethics of agriculture): http://www.wendellberrybooks.com/
- Benjamin Vogt (native gardening): https://www.monarchgard.com/benjamin-vogt.html
- Elaine Ingham (soil biology): http://soilfoodweb.com/
Recommended Reading
Essays:
- Wendell Berry - "The Agrarian Standard": https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-agrarian-standard/
- Wendell Berry - "It All Turns on Affection": https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/wendell-e-berry-lecture
- Robin Wall-Kimmerer - "The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance": https://emergencemagazine.org/story/the-serviceberry/
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass
- Wilding by Isabella Tree: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/isabella-tree/wilding/
- Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy: http://www.timberpress.com/books/bringing_nature_home/tallamy/
- The Living Landscape by Richard Darke and Doug Tallamy: http://www.timberpress.com/books/living_landscape/darke/
- Garden Revolution by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher: http://www.timberpress.com/books/garden_revolution/weaner/
- A New Garden Ethic by Benjamin Vogt: https://www.monarchgard.com/books.html
- The Humane Gardener: www.humanegardener.com
- A Way to Garden: https://awaytogarden.com
When despair for the world grows in me
And I wake in the night at the least sound
In fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
Rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
Who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
Waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
"The Peace of Wild Things" - Wendell Berry