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NC Wildlife Federation's guide to attracting butterflies to your yard.

Residents, Property Owners, and Friends of The Boylan Heights Neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is a moderated group administered by residents and friends of the neighborhood.

BOYLAN HEIGHTS WELCOMES YOU A Historic Downtown Community in Raleigh, North Carolina

Use this form to certify your wildlife-friendly habitat garden. If the habitat meets the basic requirements, you’ll join the growing movement of Wildlife Gardeners and can opt to display a yard sign. You can also submit this application online at nwf.org/certify.

A demonstration garden created by Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos of the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension. The garden features over 225 species of perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, and grasses, and 85% of them are native to North Carolina.

Impactful composting programs for your home and workplace.

Recycling food and other organic waste into compost provides a range of environmental benefits, including improving soil health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, recycling nutrients, and mitigating the impact of droughts. Guide from Natural Resources Defense Council.

Guide to perennial ferns from the NC Native Plant Society.

Since healthy plants come from healthy soil, one of the best ways you can build healthy soil in your garden and lawn is by using compost. Resource from the EPA.

As required host plants for monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars, milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) play an essential role in the butterfly's life cycle. Vegetation management that allows milkweeds to persist can support monarchs. This guide from the Xerces Society and Monarch Joint Adventure can help you recognize the most common native species found in NC.

Guide to perennial groundcovers from the NC Native Plant Society.

Compiled by Debbie Roos for NC Cooperative Extension

Enter your zip code at this website to find bird-friendly native plants for your area. From the NC Audubon Society

Search for North Carolina businesses in your local area that are taking steps to be more environmentally sustainable. Resource from Greenish Neighbor and Toward Zero Waste.

Do your NC neighbors and customers a favor-- don't plant or sell these! Resource from NC Invasive Plant Council

This listing is provided by NC Native Plant Society for those who wish to buy NC native plants from NC nurseries.

Native species are those that occur naturally in an area. They are better adapted to local conditions, requiring less care once established. Native plants support our native wildlife, in particular our birds, butterflies and bees (pollinators). Introduced plants may become invasive, outcompeting the natives and not providing the food and cover our native wildlife depend on. This resource is from NC Native Plant Society.

List of top 25 pollinator plants by season, plus list of native plant growers and seed suppliers Resource from NC Cooperative Extension and Sustainable Ag Agent, Debbie Roos

Towards Zero Waste has taken Bea Johnson’s fabulous 5 R’s and expanded on them!

Your guide to zero waste friendly stores, restaurants and resources in Raleigh, NC! Resource from Towards Zero Waste.