Plants For Wildlife
Why Choose Native Plants?
NATIVE Plants of the Year
Golden Gate Bird Alliance and California Native Plant Society (Yerba Buena and East Bay chapters) are proud to partner on a local Native Plants of the Year program to bring back San Francisco’s native plants to benefit birds, butterflies and our environment.
Which Native Plants?
General List of Native Plants For Bay Area Wildlife Gardens
Local Native Plant Nurseries
Local services
Nature in the City’s gardening service helps design, install, and maintain biodiverse native plant gardens in San Francisco.
Helpful websites
beyond The backyards Beyond the Birds
More Useful Sites
books and brochures
writings on wildlife gardening
Bauer, Nancy, (2008) The Habitat Garden Book: Wildlife Landscaping for San Francisco Bay Region; Coyote Ridge Press, 2nd edition, Sebastopol, CA. Clear & compact beginner’s guide. Review from Bay Nature.
Grissell, Eric, (2001) Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology. Timber Press. Portland, OR. Book on the importance of insects.
Lowry, Judith Larner, (2007) Gardening with a Wild Heart: Restoring California’s Native Landscapes at Home. U.C. Press, Berkeley, CA. Wild land ecology.
Popper, Helen, (2012) California Native Gardening: A Month-by-Month Guide, U.C. Press, Berkeley, CA. A month by month guide to gardening with native plants in a state that follows a unique, nontraditional seasonal rhythm.
Sonoma County Master Gardeners, (1999) Flora for Fauna: Habitats for Birds, Butterflies, and Beneficial Insects. Wayward Gardens, Sebastopol, CA. Booklet of fauna attractors.
Stein, Sara, (1993) Noah’s Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. Transformation of garden to native ecosystem.
Sunset Books & Magazines (2000) Attracting Birds: Bird Identification, Feeders, Houses & Baths. Sunset Books Inc., 2nd edition, Menlo Park, CA. Illustrated bird habitat guide.
Tallamy, Douglas W, (2009) Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Other Resources
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