Native Planting 101 Workshop

An introductory guide to the benefits of incorporating native plants into your landscape

This free workshop features local plant and natural resource experts and covers:

• Restoration
• Yardscaping
• Pollinator Gardening

All using native plants, as well as:

• Weed Law
• Weed Identification
  and
• Integrated Weed Management

Specifically tailored to our lands in Chelan County!

Our next Native Planting 101 Workshop will be held on March 7, 2020 from 12:00-4:00 pm
at the NCW Fairgrounds Community Hall at 601 N Monroe St in Waterville. 

To RSVP - contact KirkB@cascadiacd.org or (509) 436-1601

In the meantime, check out some of the resources below for more information on native planting. 

Resources to help get you started:

• Washington Native Plant Society - www.wnps.org

• WTU Herbarium Image Collection: Plants and Lichens of Washington - http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php

• USDA-NRCS Plants Database - www.plants.usda.gov/java

• Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board - www.nwcb.wa.gov

• Chelan County Noxious Weed Control Board - www.co.chelan.wa.us/noxious-weed

• Washington Invasive Species Council - www.invasivespecies.wa.gov  

• The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation -  www.xerces.org

• Puget Sound Beekeepers Association - www.pugetsoundbees.org

• Natural Resources Conservation Service Insects and Pollinators - www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/plantsanimals/pollinate

• National Wildlife Federation “Garden for Wildlife” - www.nwf.org/Garden-For-Wildlife.aspx

• Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides - www.pesticide.org/pests_and_alternatives

• US Forest Service Gardening for Pollinators - www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/gardening.shtml

• “Plants for Pollinators in the Inland Northwest” - USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Biology Technical Note No. 24 
  
  
• “Fire Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes: Selecting plants that may reduce your risk from wildfire” - Pacific Northwest Extension, Publication 590
  
  
• “Landscaping with Native Plants in the Inland Northwest” - Washington State University Extension
  
  
• “Basic Bee Biology and Identification”  - Presented by Eric Mader, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, July 7, 2011.  Courtesy of Amy Hendershot, NRCS
  
  
• “Pocket Guide to Identifying the Western Bumble Bee Bombus occidentalis” - Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
  

• “Selecting Plants for Pollinators: A regional guide for farmers, land managers and gardeners in the:”

  • "Cascade Mixed Forest/Coniferous Forest/Alpine Meadow" 
    
    
  • "Intermountain Semidesert"  

• Pollinator Partnership and North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Pollinator planting guides for every eco-region in the continental U.S.!  If you live outside Chelan County, find the right guide for your area at http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm.

•  “Oregon and Washington Guide for Conservation Seedings and Plantings.” USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
   
• "Xeriscaping & Native Plants" from WSU Extension
  
  
• "5 Reasons to Start a Pollinator Garden (And 6 Tips to Help You Do It)" from Morning Chores