Resources for Go Beyond Beauty Participants
Online and Printed Resources

Invasive Plant Resources

• Midwest Invasive Plant Network (including a Landscape Alternatives to Invasive Plants app and other tools)
• ISN's suggestions for native alternatives to invasive Japanese barberry
• ISN's suggestions for native alternatives to invasive autumn olive

Native Plant Resources

• ISN's Plan Before You Plant brochure PDF (available in print at many partner locations!)
• ISN's suggestions for deer-resistant native plants

• Michigan Audubon's Michigan Native Garden Design (for the birds!), an exceptional resource full of planned gardens to benefit birds and wildlife
• Michigan Native Plants for Pollinators, created by the Michigan DNR
• Sources of Native Plants, compiled by the Wildflower Association of Michigan
• Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (including notes on using native plants in landscapes)
• Illinois Wildflowers (including information on what wildlife utilizes each native plant)
• Minnesota Wildflowers (many native plant resources; growth, size, etc.)
• Missouri Botanical Garden (more native plant resources)
• Native Plant Finder (a great way to see the connection between native plants and butterflies & moths with beautiful photos, based on Dr. Doug Tallamy's research)

Other Useful Resources

• Michigan Shoreland Stewards (a great resource for waterside landowners, from septic systems to native plantings)
• ISN's suggested Planting Guidelines 
• Native Plant signs created by ISN

​Printed Resources
These are just a few of the books ISN recommends as high-quality resources concerning native plant use in gardens.

• Bringing Nature Home
  ​Doug Tallamy
• Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan
  Lynn M. Steiner
• Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
  C. Colston Burrell, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• The Midwestern Native Garden
  ​Charlotte Adelman & Bernard L. Schwartz
• Birdscaping in the Midwest
  Mariette Nowak
• Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees
  Charlotte Adelman & Bernard L. Schwartz