Resources & Partners

Helpful website links to industry resources.

Natural Garden Natives® Plant Resources

Best Practices for a Pollinator Garden
Butterfly Plant Lists

General Resources

Historical Land Surveyor Records of Illinois
How to Plant Trees
Illinois Master Gardeners
League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region
Plants that Attract Native Bees
Presettlement Vegetation: Morton Arboretum – Marlin Bowles
The Bee Spotter

Forest Preserve Districts

Cook County Forest Preserve District
 DeKalb County Forest Preserve District
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Forest Preserve District of Will County
 Kendall County Forest Preserve District
Lake County Forest Preserve District
 McHenry County Conservation District
Observe your Preserve – FDP of Dupage County

Invasive Species

Midwest Invasive Plant Network
Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership

Public Gardens and Universities

Chicago Botanic Garden – Illinois Best Plants (includes natives and introduced species)
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder – (includes natives and introduced species)
The Lurie Garden
The Morton Arboretum
University of Michigan Herbarium

State Resources

Illinois Audubon Society
Illinois DNR
Illinois Wildflowers
Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society

Conservation Organizations

Chicago Wilderness
 Citizens for Conservation
Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
HomeGrown National Park
Illinois Audubon Society
Illinois State Museum Research
Openlands
The Conservation Foundation
Wisconsin Wetlands

National Organizations

Lady Bird Johnson National Wildflower Center
Society for Ecological Restoration
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Wild Ones, Native Plants, Native Landscapes

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