by cazort

If there were any one piece of advice about gardening that I wished I had learned earlier, and that I wish more gardeners would follow, it would be to garden as much as possibly with locally native plants.

Here I explain what it means for a plant to be native, and how gardening with native plants can provide huge benefits both to you and to the environment.

Lastly, I point you to resources to help you locate and buy or grow plants native to your region, as well as giving you some tips for how to identify plants and research or learn about particular plants.