Resources for Go Beyond Beauty Participants
Online and Printed Resources
Invasive Plant Resources
These are just a few of the books ISN recommends as high-quality resources concerning native plant use in gardens.
- 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
- Michigan's Invasive Plant Disposal Guide
- 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
- Wild Ones Native Garden Designs
- 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)
- 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
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
