Below are additional resources that I thought you might find useful. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I’m happy to help if I can.
~ Shannon Trimboli
Table of Contents
- My Contact Information
- My Gift to You
- Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting
- Backyard Ecology
- My Books
- Other Useful Free Resources
- Other Books Mentioned
My Contact Information
- My email address: shannon@backyardecology.net
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- Subscribe to my email list to find out about the latest blog articles, podcast episodes, YouTube videos, information about my native plant sales and educational events, or other news
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- Receive a free e-book as my gift to you for subscribing
My Gift to You
Did you know that garden hardiness zones don’t mean anything when it comes to gardening with native plants?
If you’re like most people, then probably not. But when it comes to growing native plants, ecoregions are more important than the more familiar plant hardiness zones.
Learn more in my e-book, An Introduction to Gardening with Native Plants: Hardiness Zones and Ecoregions. It’s my gift to you for subscribing to my email list. (You can unsubscribe at any time, but my goal is to make the information I share so valuable and pertinent to the questions you are asking that you’ll want to keep getting the emails.)
Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting
My husband and I own and operate Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting. At Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting our goal is to help you create your dream pollinator and wildlife habitat in a way that allows you to enjoy your land while caring for the plants and animals that also call your property home. We do this by growing and selling native plants and by providing private, in-person consulting and virtual small group coaching to help you turn your property into a pollinator and wildlife oasis. Visit our website to find out more about the plants we have for sale, the services we offer, and our upcoming events.
Backyard Ecology
Backyard Ecology is our blog, podcast and YouTube channel where we invite you to join us as we ignite our curiosity and natural wonder, explore our yards and communities, and improve our local pollinator and wildlife habitat. More information about Backyard Ecology can be found on the Backyard Ecology website. Below are a few relevant resources that I thought you might enjoy.
Blog
Podcast
Videos
My Books
- Plants Honey Bees Use in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys
- Let me know if you want me to sign it. I’m always happy to do that.
- Attract Pollinators and Wildlife to Your Yard: 15 Free and Easy Ways
- Let me know if you want me to sign it. I’m always happy to do that.
Other Useful Free Resources
- Ecoregional Planting Guides – Pollinator Partnership
- Enter zip code and will be taken to the free guide for your location
- EPA Ecoregions
- Interactive map with links to detailed information about Level III and Level IV ecoregions by state
- Invasive Species Lists
- Mt. Cuba Center’s Carex Report
- This report is focused on the Mid-Atlantic region but many of these species are native to areas outside of the Mid-Atlantic too.
- Native Plants for the Small Yard: Easy, Beautiful Home Gardens that Support Local Ecology
- Free pdf download that has lots of landscaping layouts for common garden spots (around mailbox, near porch, near drain spout, etc.).
- Not all of the species listed in this guide are native to the Southern Appalachian region, but many are and the ones that aren’t can be swapped out for other species.
- To hear a conversation with the author, check out this podcast episode.
- Native Plant Societies
- Wild Ones, SoKY Chapter
- Meets at Lost River Cave
- Lexington’s Plant by Number Designs
Books Mentioned*
