“The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Educational Resources

Recommended Books

  1. Doug Tallamy: The Nature of Oaks, Nature’s Best Hope and Bringing Nature Home

  2. Robin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass

What to watch or listen to

  1. Hometown Habitat

  2. Bee extinction: Why we’re saving the wrong bees

  3. Helia a podcast

  4. Growing a Greener World: Bringing Nature Home (One of many youtube videos of Doug Tallamy explaining the “why”)

Edible Native Plants

  1. Eco Landscaping

  2. More from Eco Landscaping

  3. Edible Wild Plants

Resources we rely on

  1. Go Botany (Native Plant Trust’s database of plants)

  2. Dr. Gegear’s home page (Includes the research based plant list we rely on)

  3. Beecology (Dr. Gegear’s citizen science project plus a wealth of information)

  4. Native Pollinator Task Force (Local pollination task force with links!)

  5. Hell Strip Planting

  6. Why plant native species

  7. Town of Pepperell’s Native Plant Guide

  8. Homegrown National Park (Tallamy’s page)

Student Curriculum and Resources

  1. Wild Seed Project Lesson Plans FREE for Teachers

  2. Checkerspot Farm Grant FREE

  3. Symbiotic schoolyard $350

  4. Homegrown National Park youth videos FREE