Resources on poisonous plants for animals:
- Plant Toolbox, North Carolina Extension Gardener
- Guide to Poisonous Plants, Colorado State University
- Plants Toxic to Dogs, ASPCA
Videos
- Gardening for Fireflies, Berries & Bushcraft
- Gardening with Native Plants: Restoring Your Backyard, Stefan Weber
- Enhancing Existing Landscapes for Monarch and Native Pollinators, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Native Planting and Yard Landscaping Techniques: An Insect's Point of View, Maryland Native Plant Society
- Rewilding the Veggie Garden: Native Plants as Companion Plants and as a Pollinator Powerhouse, North American Native Plant Society
- Shrinking the Lawn: Ecofriendly Alternatives to Sod, Lorraine Johnson
- The Potential of Native Plant Agriculture, Indigenous Landscapes
- What Does the Earth Asks of Us, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Free online resources
- A Complete Guide to Building and Maintaining a Rain Garden, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Adding Native Plants to an Established Bed, Monarch Gard
- A Flower Patch for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee, Friends of the Earth
- An Informed Approach to Animal "Pests" in the Garden, Halton Master Gardeners
- Butterflies of Ontario, Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project
- Butterflies of Ontario, Rick Cavasin
- Cultivating Accessibility in your Garden, Blooming Boulevards
- Gardening for Birds, Birds Canada
- Growing Ferns from Spores, William Cullina
- Grow Me Instead, Ontario Invasive Plant Council
- How to Create a Wild Bee Sanctuary, David Suzuki Foundation
- How to Fight Plants with Plants, Humane Gardener
- Insect pests, Oregon State University
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants, In Our Nature
- Native Caterpillars Moths and Butterflies and Host Native Woodies, Wild Ones
- Native Grasses for Ontario Gardens, In Our Nature
- Native Plants for Boulevard Gardens, In Our Nature
- Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping, USDA
- Native Species or Cultivars of Native Plants–Does it Matter? Piedmont Master Gardeners
- Plant Identification Key, Pacific Rim College
- Plants & Beneficial Insects, Michigan State University Extension
- Plant species, CANPLANT
- Resources for Lorraine Johnson’s presentation for PollinateTO, Lorraine Johnson
- What are Native Plant Materials, US Forest Service
- Why Locally-Sourced, Locally-Grown Native Plants Matter, EcoBeneficial
- Why Native Plants Matter, Blooming Boulevards
Paperback Books
- Braiding Sweetgrass; Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, Doug Tallamy
- Garden Bugs of Ontario: Gardening to Attract, Repel and Control, Leslie Procter Foster, Ken Fry, and Doug Macaulay
- Grow Wild! Native Plant Gardening in Canada and Northern United States, Lorraine Johnson
- Nature's Best Hope; A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard, Douglas W. Tallamy
- 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens, Lorraine Johnson and Andrew Leyerle
- The New Ontario Naturalized Garden: the Complete Guide to Using Native Plants, Lorraine Johnson Native Species or Cultivars of Native Plants–Does it Matter? | Piedmont Master Gardeners
- The Right Way to Leave Stems for Native Bees, Ecological Landscape Alliance
