Topics of Interest

• Native cultivars vs. straight species: http://www.ecobeneficial.com/2014/04/native-cultivars-vs-native-plants/
• More on cultivars: https://www.prairiemoon.com/cultivars.html
• Piedmont NC pollinator conservation info: https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms-pollinatorconservation/
• Southern Heirloom Vegetables: http://www.digitalussouth.org/vegetable/
  
• 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
  
• Southeastern Grasslands Initiative, concerning conservation of our critically endangered Eastern grasslands: https://www.segrasslands.org
• A plethora of great how-to articles on gardening with natives: https://www.monarchgard.com/articles.html

Community

• Wake County Audubon Society: http://wakeaudubon.org/
• NC Native Plant Society: http://ncwildflower.org
• Bee Better: http://beebetter.info/
• 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/

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

• - Elaine Ingham (soil biology): http://soilfoodweb.com/
• - Doug Tallamy (native gardening): http://www.bringingnaturehome.net/
• - Wendell Berry (ethics of agriculture): http://www.wendellberrybooks.com/

Recommended Reading

• 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

​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