100,000 NATIVE PLANT PROJECT

1. 100,000 NATIVE PLANT PROJECT WNF&GA Centennial Project

2. What is a Native Plant?

3. What is a Native Plant? Occurred within a region before the settlement of Europeans.

4. Why are native plants important?

5. Why are native plants important? • Ease of maintenance...in the right conditions • Attracts native insects • Water infiltration • Create a sense of place

6. Ease of maintenance ...In the right conditions Reduce the need for water Reduce or eliminate the need for fertilizer

7. Attracts native insects Co-evolution for thousands of years Insects are critical for the food web

12. Water infiltration

13. Where is this house?

14. Lend a sense of place

15. 100,000 Native Plant Project • Plant ANY quantity- 1 to 100,000 (yikes) • In ANY form- seed or plant

16. Challenge... Each branch tackle: • One “Native Plant Only” project OR • Include a grouping or community of natives in another project

17. Challenge... Each member commit: • Include a grouping or community of native plants in your garden

18. What to report • Member’s name and branch • Where was the planting- city or community • Native plant name • Quantity • Form- seed or plant • Date of planting- month/year

19. How to record your plantings • Snail mail- to Suzanne at 416 Gwynedd Valley Dr., Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002 • Email to Suzanne at suzgarden1@verizon.net

20. How to record your plantings • WNF&GA Focuses- Environmental • Click on WNF&GA Native Report • Complete the form • Save • Email Suzanne with the Report Form as an attachment

21. Think Native First!